| Réf. Princ. | Williams, J.T., 1988 |
| Ressemble à | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Organes spécialisés | |
| Apparence différente | |
| Couleurs différentes | different colors in mature adults only |
| Remarques |
| Éléments remarquables | |
| Profil du corps | fusiform / normal |
| Section transverse | oval |
| Profil dorsal de la tête | more or less straight |
| Type d'yeux | more or less normal |
| Type de bouche/museau | more or less normal |
| Position de la bouche | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: Dorsal fin XII, 16, membrane attached to caudal fin, with deep notch above last spine, first spine almost same or slightly higher than second; anal fin II, 17; pectoral rays 15; pelvic fin I, 4; caudal fin procurrent rays 10-14. Vertebrae 10 + 22. LL, without scales but with scalelike flaps irregularly spaced along anterior part of LL; LL tubes 0-10 (usually 0-8), canal ends on caudal fin base. Lower lip crenulated mesially but plicate laterally. Upper lip crenulae 41-50. Gill rakers 26-30. Cephalic sensory pore complex. Cirri, supraorbital 10-26, nasal 14-42; nuchal 36-47, grouped into 2 that sometimes overlap at midpoint on nape, without nuchal flaps. Head spotted; behind each eye are pupil-sized dark spots; iris yellowish in females, orange in males; ventral surface reddish brown in males, golden brown in females. Body brown with spots, male with spots not reaching to caudal fin base, female spots white becoming lavender posteriorly up to caudal fin base (Ref. 529). |
| Facilité d'identification |
| Lignes latérales | 1 Interrompu(e)(s): No |
| Écailles sur la ligne latérale | |
| Écailles perforées de la ligne latérale | |
| Écailles en série latérale | |
| Rangées d'écailles au-dessus de la ligne latérale | |
| Rangées d'écailles au-dessus de la ligne latérale | |
| Écailles autour du pédoncule caudal | |
| Barbillons | 0 |
| Fentes branchiales (requins et raies uniquement) | |
| Branchiospines | |
| sur le membre inférieur | |
| sur le membre supérieur | |
| Total | 26 - 30 |
| Vertèbres | |
| préanal(e) | 10 - 10 |
| Total | 31 - 33 |
| Attributs | extending over most of the back length |
| Nombre de nageoires | 1 |
| Nombre de pinnules | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Total d'épines | 11 - 12 |
| Total de rayons mous | 15 - 17 |
| Nageoire adipeuse | absent |
| Attributs | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Nombre de nageoires | 1 |
| Total d'épines | 2 - 2 |
| Total de rayons mous | 16 - 17 |
| Pectorale(s) | Attributs more or less normal |
| Épines 0 | |
| Rayons mous 14 - 16 | |
| Pelvienne(s) | Attributs more or less normal |
| position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| Épines 1 | |
| Rayons mous 4 - 4 |