Morphology Summary - Loricaria catirina
Morphology Data of Loricaria catirina
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Serejo-Saraiva, A.C., N.M. Piorski, F.P. Ottoni, M.H. Sabaj and S.M.Q. Lima, 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: polygonal present, clearly separated plates in central abdominal region, interspersed by areas of naked skin and pectoral girdle covered by large, widely spaced plates; basicaudal plate length (16.8%-27.6% of HL); oral papillae (14-16); shallow, rounded postorbital notch; body size (over 150 mm SL); number of lateral plates (33-34); poorly developed odontodes on predorsal plates; shallow, rounded postorbital notch present; basicaudal plate length greater than interorbital width; number of oral papillae (14-16); minimum orbital diameter (14.9-20.2%); and inter-nostril distance (17.1-20.8%) (Ref. 138733).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Loricaria catirina

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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