Morphology Data of Copionodon lianae
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Campanario, C.M. and M.C.C. de Pinna, 2000
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 oval
Dorsal head profile clearly convex
Type of eyes more or less normal
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Body uniformly dark-brown. Interopercle with 3 rows of odontodes; posterior region of interopercle close to anterior margin of pectoral fin; interopercular patch of odontodes long (38-48% HL). Upper lip wide with margin of mouth distant from tip of snout. Adipose fin small, emerging gradually posterior to dorsal fin. Prepelvic (49-52% SL) and predorsal (50-55% SL) long. Head wide 94-103% HL). Orbital rim free. Eyes large, about 8 times in HL. Caudal fin bilobed. Maxillary and nasal barbels not reaching posterior margin of pectoral fin and rictal barbel not extending beyond half length of interopercle. Outer row premaxillary and dentary teeth overlapping distally; dentary teeth not extending to coronoid process of lower jaw; dentary teeth inclined relative to surface of dentary bone. Lower lip split in 2 bilateral halves by median constriction (Ref. 45131).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Copionodon lianae

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
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 6 - 8
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate; more or less normal

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 9 - 9

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   11 - 11
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    abdominal  beneath origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   6 - 6
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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