Main Ref. | Costa, W.J.E.M., 2002 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | clearly concave |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Dorsal head profile of adult male strongly concave; lateral body stripes of male black; bright blue zone along the posterior margin of caudal fin of male; dark spots on the entire caudal fin of male; pectoral fin length of male 19.6-23.4% SL; longitudinal rows of spots on body of male light blue; pelvic fin length 6.3-7.2% SL in male and 6.4-7.4 in female; dark brown irregular marks on dorsum below dorsal fin of male; 15-17 supraorbital neuromasts and 1-3 neuromasts per scale of the lateral line (Ref. 42931). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | 26 - 28 |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | 11 - 11 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 28 - 29 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 17 - 20 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
Fins number | |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 23 - 27 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 13 - 14 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 5 - 7 |