| Ref. principal | Stiassny, M.L.J., A. Lamboj, D. De Weirdt and G.G. Teugels, 2008 |
| Aparência se refere a | macho; fêmea |
| Bones in OsteoBase | Skull, Spine |
| órgãos especializados | no special organs |
| Aparência diferente | males alike females |
| Cores diferentes | different colors in juveniles and adults |
| Notas | Males with longer soft dorsal and anal fin-rays (Ref. 2). |
| CaracterÃsticas determinantes | none |
| Forma lateral do corpo (shape guide) | short and / or deep |
| Seção transversal | compressed |
| Perfil dorsal da cabeça | more or less straight |
| Tipo de olhos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/focinho | more or less normal |
| Posição da boca | terminal |
| Tipo de balanças | cycloid scales |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: 20-27 rakers on lower limb of first arch; length of lower pharyngeal jaw < 43.5% of head length; 29-32 scales in lateral line series; toothed area of lower pharyngeal jaw broad > 2-3 times in keel length (Ref. 81260). Upper profile of snout straight or slightly arched (Ref. 53405). Head length 32.5-39.0% SL (Ref. 53405, 81260). 27-30 total dorsal-fin rays (average 28-29); body depth 43.0-56.5% SL (usually over 45%); length of pectoral fins 36.0-50.0% SL; interorbital space 36.0-44.0% HL (Ref. 53405). Caudal fin naked except at base; melanin patches only in occasional individuals, not populations; reproductive individuals greyish dorsally, silvery ventrally; margin of dorsal and caudal fins pinkish; pectoral usually extending to above vent or spinous anal fin; males with longer soft dorsal and anal fin-rays (Ref. 2). Description: 4-8 rows of teeth in oral jaws (Ref. 81260), outer row teeth bicuspid (Ref. 53405, 81260), inner jaw teeth tricuspid, posterior teeth on pharyngeal jaw bicuspid (Ref. 53405). Pharyngeal teeth numerous and very small (Ref. 53408, 81260). Ventral keel elongate, longer than dentigerous plate (Ref. 81260). Micro-gillrakers present; scales cycloid (Ref. 53405). Coloration: in life: Adults: sides and fins light silvery-grey; belly white (Ref. 53405, 81260). Young individuals: silvery, with some narrow black cross bars on sides; fins greyish, upper margin of dorsal fin rosy red-edged (Ref. 53405, 81260). |
| Facilidade de Identificação |
| Linhas laterais | 2 Interrompido(a): No |
| Escamas na linha lateral | 29 - 32 |
| Escamas da linha lateral com poros | |
| Escamas em séries laterais | |
| Fileiras de escamas acima da linha lateral | 3.5 - 4.5 |
| Fileiras de escamas abaixo da linha lateral | |
| Escamas em torno do pedúnculo caudal | |
| Barbilhões | 0 |
| Aberturas branquiais (tubarões/raias apenas) | absent |
| Rastros branquiais | |
| no membro inferior | 20 - 27 |
| no membro superior | 3 - 5 |
| total | 23 - 30 |
| Vértebras | |
| Pré-anal | |
| total | 27 - 31 |
| Atributos | extending over most of the back length |
| Número de nadadeiras | 1 |
| Nro. de pÃnulas | Dorsal 0 |
| Ventral 0 | |
| Total de espinhos | 14 - 17 |
| Total de raios | 11 - 14 |
| Nadadeira adiposa | absent |
| Atributos | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Número de nadadeiras | 1 |
| Total de espinhos | 3 - 3 |
| Total de raios | 9 - 12 |
| Peitoral | Atributos more or less normal |
| espinhos | |
| raios | |
| Pélvicas | Atributos more or less normal |
| Posição thoracic behind origin of D1 | |
| espinhos | |
| raios |