Morphology Summary - Ophichthus kbalanensis
Morphology Data of Ophichthus kbalanensis
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Hibino, Y., H.-C. Ho and J.-F. Huang, 2024
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral  (shape guide)
Cross section circular
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head 10.3% TL; tail 62.7% TL; dorsal-fin origin above about middle of pectoral fin; tip of lower jaw anterior to anterior-nostril base; two simple, distally pointed protrusions along upper lip; SO 1 + 4; POM 6 or 7 + 3; uniserial teeth on jaws and vomer but posterior ends of maxilla and anterior end of symphysis biserial; body dark; narrow dark margins on median fins, except the pale fin origins; 14 predorsal and 53 preanal lateral-line pores; VF 12-55-153 (Ref. 133140).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Ophichthus kbalanensis

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal 55 - 55
total 153 - 153

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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