Main Ref. | Lamboj, A., 2004 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Description: moderately slender; frontal profile slightly concave; neither sex has noticeably elongated dorsal or anal fin rays (Ref. 52307). Coloration: polychromatic color pattern unique among Tilapia; 6 color morphs currently recognized: dark blue, blue striped, olive, olive striped, pale blue and black; throat, belly and anal fin dusky to blackish in first 2 morphs mentioned; blue morph with blue head, body, dorsal and caudal fin; olive striped morph more bluish-silvery with olive-yellow dots and stripes on body, and with bluish mouth; pale morph with pale throat and some darker shading on belly, its flanks whitish to pale blue, upper parts of head, opercles and back are dusky blue, pelvic, dorsal, anal and caudal fins also pale except anterior part of dorsal fin which is dusky; "tilapia"-spot only visible in small specimens, absent from sub-adult and adult fish (Ref. 52307). |
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 | 0 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 |
Ventral 0 | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |