Main Ref. | De Vos, L. and L. Seegers, 1998 |
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: frontal profile steep, with a small interruption at about height of eye; upper parts of head slightly rounded; lower jaw somewhat shorter than upper jaw; caudal fin slightly rounded to subtruncate (Ref. 52307) Cheek squamation variable, a scaleless area anteroventrally; chest squamation, minute and deeply embedded scales, sometimes with bilaterally scaleless area; nape-nuchal scales visible, larger than those found on the ventral surface of the belly (Ref. 26626). Coloration: Living coloration unknown (Ref. 52307). Preserved specimens: brownish to olive; pale dots in dorsal and anal fins; caudal fin with dark upper and lower edges and several thin, dark vertical bars (Ref. 52307). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | 33 - 34 |
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 | 8 - 10 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 31 - 32 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 |
Ventral 0 | |
Spines total | 18 - 19 |
Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 3 - 3 |
Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 14 - 15 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |