Main Ref. | Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2017 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | oval |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its Indochinese congeners except for coracinus, forabilis, interspinalum, lanceatus, laosensis, longinema, strabonis, trilineatus, zanaensis in having a uniformly dark gray body with pale midlateral and mid-dorsal stripes (vs. body with pale or dark bands, patches or spots); differs coracinus, forabilis, interspinalum, lanceatus, laosensis, longinema, strabonis, trilineatus, zanaensis in having the following unique set of characters: eye diameter 8-10% HL; interorbital distance 23-31% HL; head depth 10.6-11.6% SL; thoracic adhesive apparatus with medial pit and no anteromedial striae; body depth at anus 8.7-12.4% SL; post-adipose distance 18.6-24.6% SL; caudal peduncle depth 5.8-6.7% SL; caudal peduncle length 21.7-25.8% SL; with very thin pale midlateral stripe only as wide as a single tubercle (Ref. 117341). |
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 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |