| Main Ref. | Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | no special organs |
| Different appearance | always different morphology between mature adults |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: 6.5-7.5 scales in transverse row between lateral line and dorsal fin origin; 12 scales around caudal peduncle (Ref. 74421, 80290); 35-40 (Ref. 80290) or 34-41 (Ref. 74421) lateral line scales. Eye diameter/head length 26-40% (Ref. 80290) or 31.4-43.8 (Ref. 74421). 15-20 (Ref. 80290) or 17-19 (Ref. 74421) anal fin branched rays. Description: body rather robust; dorsal fin placed distinctly in front of pelvic fin insertion (Ref. 80290). Dorsal fin with 2 unbranched and 8 branched rays; anal fin with 3 unbranched and 17-19 branched rays (Ref. 74421). 11-19 (Ref. 80290) or 15-21 (Ref. 74421) gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; 14-15 (Ref. 80290) or 12-18 (Ref. 74421) on upper. Coloration: ground color silvery; dorsum dark green, belly lighter and whitish; fins whitish and unpigmented (Ref. 80290). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 34 - 41 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 6.5 - 7.5 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 3.5 - 4.5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
| Barbels | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 11 - 21 |
| on upper limb | 12 - 18 |
| total | 28 - 40 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | other |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 18 - 23 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |