Main Ref. | Bradbury, M.G., 1999 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
Cross section | flattened |
Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Preserved specimens with dusky tan dorsally, pale ventrally. Centers of scales flecked with black around bases of apical spines (Ref. 6612). Tubercles on dorsal surface of disk with simple spines, elsewhere on body with multi-spined tubercles, especially prominent on principal tubercles of tail; fins without tubercles. Rostrum with a large multifold median spine protruding beyond its neighbors, terminating in 5 or more flaring spinelets (Ref. 40826). |
Ease of Identification |
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 | 18 - 18 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 4 - 4 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 13 - 15 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |