User:Mathews Plamoottil/Macrognathus albus

Macrognathus albus

Holotype, ZSI/WGRC/IR/2386, 211.50 mm SL, collected by Mathews Plamoottil.

Paratypes, 2 specimens, ZSI/WGRC/IR/2387, 174 & 178 mm SL, collected by Mathews Plamoottil.

Diagnosis

Head longer and deeper, eyes located closely;.body without any bands or bars; 26- 29 irregular blotches occur on mid dorsal line from top of operculum to base of caudal;spinous part of dorsal fin originating considerably behind the end of pectoral fin.

Description

Dorsal and lateral sides dirty white; ventral side light brownish yellow. 26- 29 irregular blotches present on mid dorsal line from top of operculum to base of caudal.Pectorals, dorsal, anal and caudal with 4-6 rows of brownish black dots. A light narrow streak from above the eye passes along the lateral line to the base of the caudal.

References

Mathews Plamoottil and Nelson P. Abraham, 2014. Macrognathus albus (Order: Synbranchiformes;Family: Mastacembelidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Int. J. Pure Appl. Zool., 2(2): 100-105.