Main Ref. | Kramp, P.L., 1961 |
Appearance refers to |
specialized organs | |
different appearance | |
different colors | |
remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Diagnosis | Up to 14.5 cm wide, usually faintly vaulted, exumbrella with a network of nematocysts warts, with a whitish accumulation of nematocysts at apex; number of velar klappets variable, 6 to 14 in each octant; arm-disk with one very long central filament surrounded by several shorter; moutharms about as long as disk-radius, their terminal appendages variable in length and shape; 12 to 14 canal roots in each octant; perradial rhopalar canals shorter and broader than theinterradial, with few or no anastomoses. |
Ease of Identification |
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 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes |
spines | |
soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
spines | |
soft-rays |