Main Ref. | Tantu, F.Y. and J. Nilawati, 2008 |
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 | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all other congeners by its terminal mouth with milky-white thick lips which can be protruded. Additional characters useful in the identification include elongated head (35.3-39.1 %SL), elongated snout (11.1-13.0 %SL) and small interorbital width (7.0-8.7 %SL) (Ref. 86891). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 32 - 33 |
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 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 2 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 5 - 6 |
Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | 1 - 1 |
Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 13 - 15 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 5 - 5 |