Morphology Data of Schismatogobius marmoratus
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Maeda, K., T. Saeki, C. Shinzato, R. Koyanagi and N. Satoh, 2018
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral fusiform / normal
Cross section oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral-fin rays 16; body deep (body depth at pelvic-fin origin 19.8-21.9% of SL); trunk relatively long (pre-anal length 57.4-60.1% of SL; pre-anal-fin length 62.2-64.6% of SL); the snout blunt and steep. Colouration: two dark brown, transverse bands on posterior half of the body; pectoral fin with 1-8 black spots along each ray forming vertical bars; in males, the isthmus, gular region, and pelvic fins are densely pigmented; isthmus and gular region of female almost cream or white, usually with a brownish blotch on gular region; pelvic fin almost translucent, but with a few melanophores along soft rays in female; one diamond-shaped dark brown blotch from caudal-fin base to proximal part of caudal fin; posterior half of branched caudal-fin rays with 3-5 small black spots forming thin vertical bars (Ref. 125666).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Schismatogobius marmoratus

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

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 2
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 7 - 7
Soft-rays total 8 - 9
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total 1 - 1
Soft-rays total 9 - 9

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     0
Soft-rays   16 - 16
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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