Morphology Data of Plectorhinchus lessonii
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Myers, R.F., 1999
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
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

Description: Adult white, lips yellow, head with horizontal stripes and broken lines greenish black, back with 4-5 stripes brown. abdomen without stripes; pectoral fin base spot black, dorsal, anal, and caudal fins spots brown large (Ref. 48635, 90102). Juvenile with horizontal stripe above eye to soft dorsal fin white, and from head to tail midlateral broad black. Body depth 2.5-2.8 in SL. Caudal fin rounded in juveniles becoming truncate in adult. Dorsal 3rd to 5th spines longest. (Ref. 90102)

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Plectorhinchus lessonii

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 53 - 56
Pored lateral line scales 53 - 65
Scales in lateral series 80 - 84
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 11 - 20
on upper limb 6 - 8
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 12 - 13
Soft-rays total 18 - 22
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 3 - 3
Soft-rays total 7 - 8

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   16 - 18
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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