Morphology Data of Sewellia breviventralis
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Freyhof, J. and D.V. Serov, 2000
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 elongated
Cross section flattened
Dorsal head profile more or less straight
Type of eyes more or less normal
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Absence of dark stripes on body; absence of concentric bands on paired fins. Pelvic fin reaching 5-40% of distance between anus and anal-fin origin. No cavity around the mouth, skin-fold between oropectoral membrane and ventral surface of head running from pectoral-fin origin to second rostral barbel. Tubercles on dorsal part of head concentrated on tip of snout; 15-21 large tubercles on branched pectoral-fin rays. General appearance elongated. Lateral line with 58-64 scales (Ref. 40433).

Description: dorsal fin with 3 simple and 8 branched rays; anal fin with 2 simple and 4 branched rays; pectoral fin with 1 simple and 23-24 branched rays; pelvic fin with 1 simple and 19-20 branched rays (Ref. 40433).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Sewellia breviventralis

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 58 - 64
Pored lateral line scales 58 - 64
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 35 - 35

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    thoracic  before origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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