Morphology Data of Percichthys trucha
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. López-Arbarello, A., 2004
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 fusiform / normal
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Distinguished from its congeners by possessing large coronomeckelian bone and dentigerous arm of premaxilla about 1.5 times the height of ascending process (vs. small coronomeckelian bone and dentigerous arm of premaxilla about 2 times or more the height of ascending process), and the following combination of characters: quadrate-mandibular articulation at anterior half of orbit; mouth hypognathous; posterior border of maxilla at anterior border of orbit or placed anterior to it, generally not beyond posterior border of lachrymal; hyoid artery piercing dorsal hypohyal; 3 predorsal bones; one super-numerary spine on first dorsal pterygiophore (rarely none); 3rd or 4th dorsal fin spine the longest; 7-8 trisegmented pterygiophores in dorsal fin; upper jaw length 90-120% snout length and 28-36% HL; head length 24-33% SL; length of pectoral and pelvic fins 48-75% HL; 50-80% body depth; 14-17 pectoral fin rays; 8-11 anal fin rays; 45-49 caudal fin rays; procurrent spur present (Ref. 55324).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Percichthys trucha

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
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 2notched No
Finlets No. Dorsal   0 - 0
Ventral  0 - 0
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 8 - 11

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     0
Soft-rays   14 - 17
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
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