Main Ref. | Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 2005 |
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 | sub-terminal/inferior |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Differs from other members of the Homaloptera ocellata group in possessing only 2 large saddle blotches on the body, 1 posterior to head, 1 covering dorsal fin base (saddle blotches posterior to head and below dorsal fin maybe continuous on flank), rarely with 1 saddle blotch between dorsal fin and caudal fin; base of caudal dark; 5 simple, 12-13 branched pectoral fin rays; 75-77 lateral line scales (Ref. 55107). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 75 - 77 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | 6 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |