Main Ref. | Chernova, N.V. and D.L. Stein, 2002 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | terminal |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Skin uniformly gray, head beneath skin black. Coronal pore present. Skin pale, peritoneum blackish-brown, mouth and gill cavity pale. Coronal pore present. Mouth oblique at angle approximately 45° to horizontal. Gill rakers unmodified. Temporal and coronal pores very large, distinctly larger than other pores. Pectoral fin low, insertion strongly oblique, base almost horizontal, fin ray direction more ventral than posterior (Ref. 43481). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
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 | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 42 - 42 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 36 - 36 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes | more or less truncate |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |