Pterotolithus
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Pterotolithus maculatus |
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Pterotolithus is a genus fromthe Umberfishes family (Sciaenidae). It occurs in two species in the tropical coastal waters from the Bay of Bengal to Borneo .
features
Pterotolithus are elongated, slender fish about 40 to 50 cm in length. The large mouth is terminal and has a pair of well-formed canines in the upper and lower jaw. The anal fin starts in front of the middle of the soft rayed part of the dorsal fin and has 10 or 11 ( P. maculatus ) or 7 or 8 ( P. lateoides ) soft rays. The carrot-shaped swim bladder has many appendages that have well-developed and branched dorsal and ventral branches and do not extend into the head. The sagitta has a tadpole- like indentation with a J-shaped tail.
species
The genus includes two types:
swell
- LN Chao: Sciaenidae . In: KE Carpenter (Ed.): The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists . tape 5 , no. 3 . FAO, Rome 2002, p. 1583–1653 (English, fao.org [PDF]).
- Sciaenidae . In: W. Fischer, PJP Whitehead (ed.): FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes: Eastern Indian Ocean (Fishing area 57) and Western Central Pacific (Fishing area 71) . tape 3 . Rome 1974 (English, fao.org [PDF]).