Main Ref. | Freyhof, J., H. Kärst and M. Geiger, 2014 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | always different colors between mature adults |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | cycloid scales |
Diagnosis |
Valencia robertae can be diagnosed from V. letourneuxi by having short lateral bars or small vertically elongated blotches along flanks in females (vs. lateral bars or blotches absent) and an almost triangular anal fin with straight posterior margin (vs. anal fin almost rounded, posterior margin convex) and anal fin depth, measured from anal-fin origin to tip of third branched ray, 1.4-1.5 times in caudal peduncle depth (vs. 1.2-1.3). Males of V. robertae are distinguished by having the following characters; prominent bars on flank between the axial blotch and the base of the caudal fin (vs. bars absent or very faint anterior to vertical of pelvic-fin origin); neck and back bluish brown (vs. yellowish); and a long anal fin, reaching to or almost to the base of the caudal fin in individuals longer than 3.0 cm SL (vs. to middle of caudal peduncle). It differs from V. hispanica by having a hyaline to bluish caudal fin (vs. yellow to orange) with a bold black posterior margin in males (vs. reddish-brown) (Ref. 95526). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | 18 - 29 |
Scales in lateral series | 28 - 30 |
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 |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 7 - 9 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 10 - 13 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 13 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 4 - 5 |