Main Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1993 |
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Bones in OsteoBase |
specialiserade organ | |
annat utseende | |
andra färger | |
Anmärkningar |
Särskilt slående egenskaper | none |
Lateral kroppsform | fusiform / normal |
Tvärsnitt | compressed |
Dorsal profil av huvudet | more or less straight |
Ögontyp | more or less normal |
Typ av mun/snyte | more or less normal |
Munnens placering | superior |
Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
Diagnos |
Distinguished by the following characteristics: tan body color with 5 oblique dark-edged pale bands; dark bands with scattered small black spots and pale blotches, especially dorsally; pale interspaces with small dark brown spots, mainly arranged in series along the middle of the interspaces; adults with dark brown line from the lower edge of the eye to the edge of the subopercle; faint dark band along the maxillary groove and continuing to the edge of the interopercle; dorsal fin and caudal fin covered with small dark spots; juveniles dark brown with black-edged pale brown bands enclosing numerous small black spots; body depth contained 2.6-3.0 times in SL; head length 2.1-2.3 times in SL; nearly flat interorbital, dorsal head profile slightly convex; 2-5 distinctly enlarged serrae on preopercle angle; upper edge of operculum almost straight; adults posterior nostril diameter 2-3 times that of anterior nostrils; maxilla reaches to or past vertical at rear edge of eye; 2 rows of teeth on midlateral part of lower jaw (Ref. 89707). |
Ease of Identification |
Sidolinjer | 1 avbruten: No |
Fjäll längs sidolinje | 52 - 66 |
Porbärande fjäll längs sidolinje | |
Fjäll i lateralserie | 102 - 120 |
Antal rader fjäll ovan sidolinje | |
Antal rader fjäll under sidolinje | |
Fjäll runt stjärtfensspole | |
Skäggtömmar | 0 |
Gälspringor (endast hos hajar/rockor) | |
Gälräfständer | |
på undre del av gälbåge | 16 - 18 |
på övre del av gälbåge | 8 - 9 |
totalt | 24 - 27 |
Ryggkotor | |
preanal | |
totalt |
Egenskaper | no striking attributes |
Antal fenor | 1notched No |
Antal småfenor | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Totalt antal hårda fenstrålar | 11 - 11 |
Totalt antal mjuka fenstrålar | 13 - 15 |
Fettfena | absent |
Egenskaper | more or less truncate |
Antal fenor | 1 |
Totalt antal hårda fenstrålar | 3 - 3 |
Totalt antal mjuka fenstrålar | 8 - 8 |
Bröstfena | Egenskaper more or less normal |
Fenstrålar hårda 0 | |
Fenstrålar mjuka 17 - 18 | |
Bukfenor | Egenskaper more or less normal |
Position thoracic behind origin of D1 | |
Fenstrålar hårda | |
Fenstrålar mjuka |