Morphology Summary - Inpaichthys luizae
Morphology Data of Inpaichthys luizae
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Dagosta, F.C.P., 2025
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks Anal-fin rays of males more posteriorly inclined, appearing shorter than of females and resulting in a relatively convex distal margin (vs. rays slightly more elongated than in males, resulting in distal margin straighter than in males); male body slightly deeper and smaller, with more marked coloration, particularly in unpaired fins and in oblique dark lateral stripe; male hooks on first to fifth branched anal-fin rays, one pair of hooks per lepidotrichia segment, maximum four segments with hooks, segment preceding the branching of the lepidotrichia is the most proximal with hooks (Ref. 138318).

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral  (shape guide) short and / or deep
Cross section compressed
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales cycloid scales
Diagnosis

Thisi species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: autapomorphic presence of a well-defined, relatively broad oblique dark ventrolateral stripe on body, running approximately from end of pectoral fin rays to base of middle caudal-fin rays, and continuing straight onto the tip of the middle caudal-fin rays (vs. no well-defined longitudinal stripe, or dark lateral stripe never oblique); differs from I. nambiquara, I. parauapiranga by the absence of humeral blotch (vs. two in I. parauapiranga, one in I. nambiquara); differs from I. kerri by having 19-21 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 22-26) (Ref. 138318).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Inpaichthys luizae

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 14 - 14
total 34 - 34

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 9 - 9
Adipose fin

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 19 - 21

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   9 - 11
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   5 - 6
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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