| Main Ref. | Barbieri, R., J. Vukić, R. Šanda, Y. Kapakos and S. Zogaris, 2017 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Males possess the following characters: longer paired fins than in females (mean values 21.4% SL vs. 20.2% SL in females); pectoral fins never reaching the pelvic fin base; and pelvic fins reaching the anus, covering partly to entirely the genital papilla (vs. pelvic fins clearly behind (in bigger specimens) or nearly reaching the anus in females). |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Alburnoides thessalicus is distinguished from other species by the following combination of characters: body deep and relatively thick; snout stout, slightly to clearly rounded; snout length about equivalent to the eye diameter; mouth oblique, almost terminal, uppermost point of cleft below level of the middle of the eye to below the of lower margin of pupil; mouth cleft in lateral view slightly slanted in its posterior part; sharp ventral keel in 2/3 of its length, variably scaled with modally 4?6 scales; anal fin usually with 12 1/2 branched rays; lateral line with 44?50 + 0?2 pored scales; usually 9?10 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin and 4 scales between lateral line and midline of the belly; 24?28 pre-dorsal scales; caudal fin clearly forked with lobes moderately pointed (Ref. 116746). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 44 - 50 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 8.5 - 10.5 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 12 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 14 - 17 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 14 |