Main Ref. | Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990 |
Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | different colors during breeding season only |
Remarks | Courtship sometimes observed (usually at dusk) with pairs swimming together, the male assuming black color (Ref. 90102). |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | compressed |
Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
Type of eyes | eyes with fixed fatty (adipose) tissue/eyelids |
Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
Position of mouth | terminal |
Diagnosis |
Description: Silvery olive to iridescent blue-green dorsally, shading to silvery olive to whitish on side; small black spot on uppermost rear edge of opercle; olive to blackish second dorsal fin with white tip on anterior lobe; caudal yellowish to black (Ref. 2334, 90102). Body oblong and compressed; dorsal profile moderately convex anteriorly, ventral profile slightly convex (Ref. 90102). Breast fully scaled. LL scutes 27-36, strong and dark (Ref. 2334, 90102). Pectoral fins falcate; anal fin with 2 detached spines (Ref. 2334). Adipose eyelid well developed (Ref. 90102). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 0 - 3 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | 0 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 15 - 19 |
on upper limb | 6 - 8 |
total | 21 - 27 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 2 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 9 - 9 |
Soft-rays total | 19 - 22 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 2 |
Spines total | 3 - 3 |
Soft-rays total | 14 - 17 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |