Morphology Data of Chaetodon nippon
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Burgess, W.E., 1978
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features none
Body shape lateral short and / or deep
Cross section compressed
Dorsal head profile clearly concave
Type of eyes more or less normal
Type of mouth/snout tube-like
Position of mouth terminal
Type of scales ctenoid scales
Diagnosis

Description: Head grey, body yellow or brassy at middle, anteriormost and posteriormost part of body, caudal peduncle, and dorsal and anal fins brownish, caudal fin yellow. Snout length 2.8-3.6 in HL. Body depth 1.6-1.8 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Chaetodon nippon

Lateral Lines 1 Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 38 - 41
Pored lateral line scales 35 - 39
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line 8 - 10
Scale rows below lateral line 19 - 21
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels 0
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total 16 - 20
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes no striking attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   0 - 0
Ventral  0 - 0
Spines total 12 - 13
Soft-rays total 18 - 20
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate; more or less normal

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 3 - 3
Soft-rays total 15 - 16

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     0
Soft-rays   14
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    thoracic  beneath origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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