Morphology Data of Macropodus erythropterus
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Freyhof, J. and F. Herder, 2002
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks Males have longer soft caudal, dorsal and anal-fin rays, and grow larger than females (Ref. 42924).

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features none
Body shape lateral short and / or deep
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Can be differentiated from its congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal fin forked; opercular spot pale or missing; spots and bars on dorsal and caudal-fin membranes brown, red in life; soft rays in unpaired fins pale brown; predorsal and subdorsal back reddish and body above anal fin base iridescent blue to green in life; body with 10-12 faint and inconspicuous dark bars; top of head and predorsal body without dark spots; posterior tip or margin of scales on body conspicuously darker than scales; distal part of first soft pelvic-fin ray red in life (Ref. 42924).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Macropodus erythropterus

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 28 - 32
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle 17 - 19
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total 14 - 17
Vertebrae
preanal
total 29 - 29

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   0 - 0
Ventral  0 - 0
Spines total 12 - 16
Soft-rays total 6 - 8
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes forked; with dorsal and ventral filament

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total 17
Soft-rays total 13 - 17

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   10 - 12
Pelvics Attributes  rays very elongated
Position    thoracic  before origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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