Morphology Data of Macropodus hongkongensis
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Freyhof, J. and F. Herder, 2002
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks Males have longer soft caudal, dorsal and anal-fin rays and grow larger than females (Ref. 42924).

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features none
Body shape lateral short and / or deep
Cross section
Dorsal head profile more or less straight
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal fin forked; conspicuous dark brown opercular spot; distal part of first soft pelvic-fin ray white; posterior tip or margin of scales on body conspicuously darker than scales, not darker than scales on head and predorsal back; dark spots on top of head; predorsal back with 3-5 dark brown saddle-like blotches; spots and bars on dorsal and caudal-fin membranes grey in preserved and red in live specimens (Ref. 42924).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Macropodus hongkongensis

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 30 - 32
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle 16 - 17
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total 12 - 17
Vertebrae
preanal
total 29 - 30

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 13 - 14
Soft-rays total 7 - 8
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes forked; with dorsal and ventral filament

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total 17 - 19
Soft-rays total 13 - 14

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   10 - 12
Pelvics Attributes  rays very elongated
Position    abdominal  before origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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