Morphology Data of Parosphromenus bintan
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Kottelat, M. and P.K.L. Ng, 1998
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 elongated
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Caudal fin rounded, with median ray not prolonged into an unbranched filament; a white pelvic filament; unpaired fins of male with a succession of bands (striped on anal and dorsal, concentric on caudal) in the following sequence, from distal to proximal: narrow white or hyaline, narrow black, narrow bluish or bluish-greenish, and broad black or reddish black (Ref. 33108). Differs from Parosphromenus sumatranus in missing the conspicuous black spot at the posterior extremity of the dorsal-fin base; and a white pelvic fin filament (vs. black) (Ref. 56386).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Parosphromenus bintan

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 30 - 31
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
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 11 - 13
Soft-rays total 5 - 7
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate; more or less normal

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total 11 - 13
Soft-rays total 8 - 10

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   12 - 14
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     1
Soft-rays   5 - 5
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