Morphology Summary - Jenynsia aurea
Morphology Data of Jenynsia aurea
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Hartmann, C., J.M. Wingert, R.C. Angrizani and L.R. Malabarba, 2026
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 from its congeners by the following set of characters: presence of a tubular gonopodium with a short fourth anal-fin ray, less than two-thirds length of ray three; presence of a single midlateral stripe in adults; absence of dorsolateral or ventrolateral chevron marks associated to the midlateral stripe; presence of 13 to 15 gill rakers on ventral limb of first gill arch (in 2 c&s specimens); and presence of the first mandibular-canal pore (Ref. 138777).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Jenynsia aurea

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 - 15
total 33 - 34

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

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

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
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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