Morphology Summary - Aspidoras rochai
Morphology Data of Aspidoras rochai
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Tencatt, L.F.C., M.R. Britto, I.J.H. Isbrücker and C.S. Pavanelli, 2022
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  (shape guide) elongated
Cross section oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following characteristics: preadipose azygous plates with variable sizes, alternating between smaller and larger plates; presence of a light and somewhat irregular stripe on middle portion of the dorsolateral body plates, which runs parallel to flank midline, from the region just anterior to dorsal fin to the caudal peduncle, then being united with the stripe of the other side of the body in the predorsal region; relatively wide frontal bone, its width equal to or slightly larger than half of its entire length (Ref. 129024).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Aspidoras rochai

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
Adipose fin

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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