Main Ref. | García-Alzate, C.A., C. Román-Valencia and S. Prada-Pedreros, 2010 |
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 |
Can be diagnosed by having the following characters: nine teeth in the dentary; five scales with pores on the lateral; 25-26 scales on lateral line, 3 scales between the lateral line and pelvic fins, 2 scales between the lateral line and the anal fin; and a dark lateral line that fuses with a conspicuous peduncular spot (Ref. 85795). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | 5 - 5 |
Scales in lateral series | 25 - 26 |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | 2 - 2 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 32 - 33 |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 20 - 21 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 13 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 9 - 9 |