Main Ref. | Lamboj, A., 2004 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Description: slender-bodied; snout pointed; frontal profile straight to slightly rounded (Ref. 52307). Coloration: snout, front of head, opercles and upper half of body gray, lower body parts and caudal peduncle more silvery to whitish; black longitudinal, sometimes broken, stripe runs along mid-body; additionally, several dusky horizontal bars may sometimes be visible on body; soft dorsal fin with some reddish maculae; caudal fin yellowish with 3-4 vertical rows of dark maculae; anal fin yellowish, lacking egg spots (Ref. 52307). |
Ease of Identification |
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 | 0 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 |
Ventral 0 | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |