Morphology Data of Coradion altivelis
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Kuiter, R.H., 1993
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors different colors in juveniles and adults
Remarks Adult more orange (Ref. 9002).

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral short and / or deep
Cross section
Dorsal head profile clearly concave
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Description: Body white, three vertical bars golden or dark brown, the two behind head spaced closely, the other one before tail extends from dorsal fin to anal fin; eye bar diagonal brown; caudal peduncle bar black. Snout length 3.0-3.1 in HL. Body depth 1.4-1.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Coradion altivelis

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 49 - 50
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
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   0 - 0
Ventral  0 - 0
Spines total 8
Soft-rays total 31 - 33
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate; more or less normal

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 3
Soft-rays total 20 - 22

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   14
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    abdominal
Spines     1
Soft-rays   5
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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