Main Ref. | Freyhof, J. and B. Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2020 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | oval |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Description: This species is somewhat similar to A. ginaonis from Iran and A. kruppi from Oman in that the males have 12-17 brown bars on the flank, the anterior-most of which is located beneath the pectoral fin and the posterior-most on the caudal-fin base (vs. flank bars absent or restricted to the caudal peduncle in A. dispar, A. richardsoni, A. stoliczkanus); differs from A. kruppi by having a long narrow bar (vs. a diamond-shaped or vertically-elongate black or dark-brown blotch) at the caudal-fin base in females, and 12-17 (vs. 9-14) brown bars on the flank in the male. Aphaniops ginaonis (endemic to a single spring connected to a stream in which A. teimorii occurs) are similar in that these exhibit the same colour pattern in both males and females, and possess 4-5 scale rows on the caudal-fin base; however, Aphaniops teimorii differs from A. ginaonis by having 7½-8½ (vs. 5) branched dorsal-fin rays (Ref. 126233). |
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 | 14 - 14 |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | 11 - 14 |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 6 - 8 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 7 - 9 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 15 - 16 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 7 - 8 |