| Main Ref. | Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., T. Musschoot, J. Snoeks and U.K. Schliewen, 2016 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: Labeobarbus matris is distinguished from its congener Labeobarbus rhinoceros by the following characters: the number of total gill rakers is 19, vs. 12-13 in L. rhinoceros; 3.5 scales below the lateral line, vs. 4.5; and the length of the unsegmented dorsal spine is 18.8% of standard length, vs. 26.3-29.0% in L. rhinoceros (Ref. 108777). Description: Dorsal fin with 4 unbranched rays and 9 branched rays; anal fin with 3 unbranched rays and 5 branched rays; pelvic fin with 2 unbranched rays and 8 branched rays; pectoral fin with 1 unbranched ray and 15 branched rays (Ref. 114536). Lateral line with 26 scales; 12 circumpeduncular scales (Ref. 114536). Colouration: The colour is brown, darker on the dorsal side, pale on the ventral side; fins greybrown (Ref. 114536). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 26 - 26 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 3.5 - 3.5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 19 - 19 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 |