Main Ref. | Hidaka, K., Y. Tsukamoto and Y. Iwatsuki, 2017 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | none |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | oval |
Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
Type of eyes | more or less normal |
Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters (holotype measurements in parentheses): supraneural bones 6-7; dorsal-fin rays 54-65 (mode 58); total vertebrae 105-107 (107); pored lateral-line scales 99-109 (105); pre-dorsal scale rows 13-20 (16); head length 23-31 % (mean 27 %) of SL; pectoral-fin length 10-18 % (15 %) of SL; pre-dorsal-fin length 31-39 % (35 %) of SL; dorsal-fin base length 47-56 % (52 %) of SL; postorbital length 9-12 % (10 %) of SL; upper caudal-fin length 16-32 % (21 %) of SL (Ref. 109573). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 107 - 113 |
Pored lateral line scales | 99 - 109 |
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 | 16 - 16 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 105 - 107 |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 54 - 65 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 10 - 13 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 13 - 18 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 9 - 11 |