Morphology Data of Eviota afelei
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Randall, 2016
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 elongated
Cross section compressed
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: cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (pattern 2); branched pectoral-fin rays; dorsal/anal-fin formula is 9/8; the fifth pelvic-fin is ray small or rudimentary (about 10% of 4th pelvic ray); caudal fin has rows of small dark spots set close together on rays, membranes dark; presence of a small dark spot over preural centrum associated with last subcutaneous bar may be present; the scale edges are not dark (Ref. 107299).

Description: Translucent grey to greenish color; with narrow, internal, orange-brown bars on body; each scale with dark brownish orange line; head pale grey with vertically elongate orange-brown spots; male with first two dorsal spines sometimes elongate; eleventh to fifteenth pectoral rays usually branched; longitudinal scale series 23-25; ctenoid scales, none on head, nape, chest and base of pectoral fin; separated pelvic fins, thin membrane joining bases; fourth pelvic ray with 6-15 branches; depth of body 4.3-4.8 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Eviota afelei

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

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 1 - 1
Soft-rays total 6 - 8

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     0
Soft-rays   14 - 17
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
Comments & Corrections
Back to Search
cfm script by eagbayani, 17.10.00, php script by rolavides, 13/03/08 ,  last modified by sortiz, 06.27.17