Morphology Data of Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Ho, H.-C., D.G. Smith and K.-T. Shao, 2015
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 eel-like
Cross section oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following characters: supraorbital pores 4; head length 5.8-6.8 times in TL; preanal vertebrae 39-46; total vertebrae 128-137; preanal LL pores 36-44; total LL pores 121-132 (Ref. 106113).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales 121 - 132
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 39 - 46
total 128 - 137

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

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

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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