Morphology Summary - Opistognathus abei
Morphology Data of Opistognathus abei
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Fujiwara, K. and Y. Ikeda, 2024
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: posterior end of upper jaw rigid, without flexible lamina; D XI, 13; A II, 13; gill rakers 8 + 16 or 17 = 24 or 25; vertebrae 10 + 18 = 28; longitudinal scale rows ca. 40-43; lateral line terminating below 2nd or 3rd soft ray of dorsal fin; cephalic sensory pores comparatively poorly developed, head sparsely covered with small cephalic pores; scales above lateral line absent; body scales absent anterior to vertical below 6th or 7th dorsal-fin spine base; vomerine teeth absent; 3rd infraorbital (Ref. 132462).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Opistognathus abei

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 28 - 28

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 11 - 11
Soft-rays total 13 - 13
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 2 - 2
Soft-rays total 13 - 13

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   20 - 20
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     1
Soft-rays   5 - 5
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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