Main Ref. | De Vos, L., 2001 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | striking barbel(s) |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | more or less normal |
Type of mouth/snout | sucker-like |
Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Moderately sized species; snout rounded; lips give a distinctive horseshoe-shaped appearance to mouth in ventral view and with prominent lateral lobes; snout long (58.8-68.8%HL), 6-8 long teeth, each tooth curved distally upwards; maxillary barbel with a distinct marginal membrane at base and with well-developed thin tuberculate branches on anterior side; adipose fin well developed and separated from dorsal fin by a distance measuring 16.4-22.3%SL (Ref. 39831). Overall coloration of adult fish light brown with a white belly, caudal fin brownish, young fish brownish with irregular, broad white dendritic streaks on the flanks (Ref. 39831). |
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 | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 10 - 11 |
on upper limb | 2 - 2 |
total | 13 - 14 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | first rays forming locking device |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 3 - 3 |
Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
Adipose fin | present |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
Pectoral | Attributes 1st ray hardened with locking structure |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 8 - 8 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 7 - 7 |