Morphology Summary - Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos
Morphology Data of Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Prokofiev, A.M., S.G. Kobyliansky and A.M. Orlov, 2025
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 compressed
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: six branchiostegal rays; lachrymal enlarged and partly overlapping upper jaw; single posterior nasal pore; two postorbital pores (positions one and four); 6+0 infraorbital pores; lateral line double; 97 dorsal-fin rays; 79 anal-fin rays; 17 pectoral-fin rays; 23 abdominal and 101 total vertebrae; body scaled toward gill opening; presence of scales on abdomen; pectoral axil and in predorsal area; absence of pyloric caeca; presence of pseudobranch; and head and body dark, lacking pattern, mouth cavity pale-coloured (Ref. 138161)

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos

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 23 - 23
total 101 - 101

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 97 - 97
Adipose fin

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 79 - 79

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   17 - 17
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   3 - 3
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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