Main Ref. | Keith, P., C. Lord, D. Boseto and B.C. Ebner, 2016 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | elongated |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Lentipes kolobangara can be diagnosed by the following characters: pectoral fin with 17-18 rays; second dorsal fin I10; anal fin I9-10; and 7-9 scales in zigzag, 1-6 scales in transverse forward and 4-8 scales in transverse back series; and urogenital papilla retractable into a sheath-like groove in male and is without lobes or other expanded tissue. Male has few tricuspid teeth in the upper jaw (8-15) and 2-5 recurved canines posterior to tricuspid teeth, ctenoid scales on anterior body region strongly ossified, the base of the first dorsal fin not reaching the base of the second dorsal fin origin; and specific body colour with a red slim mustache on the snout reaching the eye and the base of the pectoral fins and the first third of their membrane are red (Ref. 109045). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 23 - 32 |
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 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 2 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 7 - 7 |
Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | 1 - 1 |
Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 17 - 18 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |