| Ref. principal | Paugy, D., 2003 |
| Aparência refere-se a | macho; fêmea |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órgãos especializados | no special organs |
| aparência diferente | always different morphology between mature adults |
| cores diferentes | always different colors between mature adults |
| Notas | Sexual dimorphism affecting anal-fin shape and affecting the colouration of males and females (Ref. 2880, 81279). |
| Características determinantes | none |
| Forma lateral do corpo (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| Secção transversal | |
| Perfil dorsal da cabeça | more or less straight |
| Tipo de olhos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/focinho | more or less normal |
| Posição da boca | terminal |
| Tipo de balança | cycloid scales |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: peculiar in having only one fine scale on each side of the base of the anal fin; well developed parietal fontanel (Ref. 2880, 81279). Description: premaxilla with a total of 16 conical teeth aligned in single row; mandible with 20-24 conical teeth, also in single row; anal fin with 2 unbranched and 9-10 branched rays; sexual dimorphism affecting coloration and anal-fin shape (Ref. 2880, 81279): males with rounded anal fin while females with pointed anal fin (Ref. 2880). Coloration: males with translucid yellow body; at least a dozen brown spots; posterior and caudal-fin lobes tinged with violet; violet transverse stripe on anal and pelvic fins; tiny melanophores on back; no concentration of melanophores along anal-fin base in males; females same colour but without dark spots; melanophores scattered over entire body and fins, but concentrated along anal-fin base, tips of anterior anal-fin rays and on caudal-fin lobes (Ref. 2880, 81279). |
| Facilidade de identificação |
| Linhas laterais | 1 interrompido: No |
| Escamas na linha lateral | |
| Escamas da linha lateral com poros | |
| Escamas em séries laterais | |
| Fileiras de escamas acima da linha lateral | |
| Fileiras de escamas abaixo da linha lateral | |
| Escamas em torno do pedúnculo caudal | |
| Barbilhões | 0 |
| Fissuras branquiais (tubarões/raias apenas) | |
| Raios branquiais | |
| no membro inferior | 12 - 12 |
| no membro superior | |
| total | |
| Vértebras | |
| Pré-anal | |
| total |
| Atributos | no striking attributes |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| No. de pínulas | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Total de espinhos | |
| Total de raios moles | |
| Barbatana adiposa | present |
| Atributos | forked; more or less normal |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| Total de espinhos | 0 - 0 |
| Total de raios moles | 11 - 12 |
| Peitoral | Atributos more or less normal |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles | |
| Pélvica | Atributos more or less normal |
| posição abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles |