Morphology Data of Cynolebias gilbertoi
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Costa, W.J.E.M., 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 fusiform / normal
Cross section compressed
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 cycloid scales
Diagnosis

Short alveolar arm of premaxilla; very narrow and short ventral process of angulo-articular; ventroposterior part of mesopterygoid overlapping dorsal border of quadrate; truncate dorsal portion of opercle. Absence of gill-rakers denticles on the first branchial arch. Narrow lateral process of sphenotic. Ventral opercular neuromasts 5-6. Deepest body point on vertical through an area between pectoral and pelvic-fin bases. Dorsal-fin rays in males, 15-18, 14-17 in females; anal-fin rays 17-20 in males, 17-20 in females; caudal-fin rays 26-29. Caudal and pectoral fins rounded. Supraorbital neuromasts 24-28 (Ref. 40938).

Ease of Identification Likely to be confused with closely related species.

Meristic characteristics of Cynolebias gilbertoi

Lateral Lines 1 Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line 31 - 32
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series 10 - 12
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle 16 - 18
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb 8 - 8
on upper limb 2 - 2
total 10 - 10
Vertebrae
preanal
total 32 - 33

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 14 - 17
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate; more or less normal

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 16 - 18
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   12 - 13
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    thoracic  before origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   6
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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