Main Ref. | Risch, L.M., 2003 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | elongated |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: occipital process reaching to first nuchal plate; mouth equal to snout length; width of premaxillary tooth plate 15% of head length; eye large (14.2% of head length); pelvic fin short; colour uniformly brownish (Ref. 57126). Description: nasal barbels absent (Ref. 57126). |
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 | 7 - 8 |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 |
Ventral 0 | |
Spines total | 2 |
Soft-rays total | 7 |
Adipose fin | present |
Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 0 |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 9 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays |