Morphology Data of Schismatogobius limmoni
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Keith, P., E. Delrieu-Trottin, I.V. Utama, S. Sauri, F. Busson, W.D. Nurijana, H. Dahruddin and N. Hubert, 2021
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks Male with longer jaws than female and a different colour pattern on ventral surface of head; urogenital papilla oval in female and slightly pointed in male.

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral
Cross section oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This small Schismatogobius species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral rays16-17 (mostly 17), fins with a medium black triangular wedge dorsally usually with 2 vertical rows of dark spots below it; first dorsal-fin membrane posterior to spine 6 is not connected to the base of spine of second dorsal fin; ventral surface of head in males blackish or greyish in the medium part; ventral surface of head in female mainly whitish; frenum whitish. There is a single mitochondrial lineage observed for this species (BOLD: AEA7944) (Ref. 123786).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Schismatogobius limmoni

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 8 - 9

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     0
Soft-rays   16 - 17
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     1
Soft-rays   5 - 5
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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