Morphology Data of Laeops clarus
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Voronina, E.P., J. Maclaine, S. Raredon and P. Pruvost, 2020
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
Cross section flattened
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 5.3-6.7, body depth 3.2-3.8 in SL; upper profile without notch anterodorsal to upper margin of upper eye; snout round; length of pectoral fin of ocular side 9.5-13.1 in SL, about half of HL; upper jaw shorter than lower eye diameter; teeth 1-2 rows on lower jaw of the blind side; dorsal fin begin above nostrils of blind side, the first two rays of the dorsal fin detached from other rays of the fin; no rays prolonged; dorsal-fin pterigiophores longer than neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 97-105, A 80-86, pectoral-fin rays ocular-side 14-15, blind-side 10-15, lateral line scales 88-105; gill rakers 0-2 + 6-8, vertebrae 11 + 38-40 (Ref. 126083).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Laeops clarus

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 88 - 105
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 6 - 8
on upper limb 0 - 2
total
Vertebrae
preanal 11 - 11
total 49 - 51

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 97 - 105
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 80 - 86

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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