Main Ref. | Clarke, T.A., 2000 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | no special organs |
Different appearance | males alike females |
Different colors | males alike females |
Remarks |
Striking features | striking barbel(s) |
Body shape lateral | elongated |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Barbel with a single-based branch arising from stem; a pair of bifurcate lateral branches arising from medial branch well distal to its origin; medial branch prominent and extending well beyond origin of laterals, with a small bulblet at distal end; terminal bulb with both medial and laterally paired, relatively simple terminal filaments, their lengths less than 50% of distal barbel. |
Ease of Identification | likely to be confused with closely related species. |
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 | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 2 - 3 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position | |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 7 - 7 |