Morphology Data of Laeops pectoralis
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 5.0-6.9, body

depth 2.6-3.1 in SL; upper profile no notch anterodorsal to upper margin of upper eye; snout

rounded; upper jaw shorter than lower eye diameter; teeth on lower jaw of the blind side in 1-2 rows; pectoral-fin length of ocular side 3.1-4.7 in SL, nearly twice as long as HL; dorsal fin beginning behind posterior nostril of blind side, the first two rays detached from other rays of the fin, and dorsal-fin pterigiophores shorter than neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 105-115, A 83-96, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 12, blind–side 11, lateral line scales about 94, gill rakers 5 + 11, vertebrae 11 + 40-42 (Ref. 126083).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Laeops pectoralis

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 94 - 94
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 11 - 11
on upper limb 5 - 5
total
Vertebrae
preanal 11 - 11
total 51 - 53

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 105 - 115
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 83 - 96

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   11 - 12
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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