-
behind the head are very small.
There are two well-developed
spines on the
sphenotic bone and one on the
epiotic bone.
There is a
single spine on the joint...
- rays and is
covered by dark skin for some
distance past its base. The
sphenotic spines (above the eyes) and
symphysial spine (at the tip of the jaw) are...
- with ease.
Males are more or less colourless.
Females possess strong sphenotic and
preopercle spines and
highly distensible stomachs. Males,
other than...
-
filaments on the side.
There is a
rounded protuberance on the forehead, the
sphenotic spines (above the eyes) are
large in
young specimens but
become overgrown...
- well as a
single pair of
vomerine teeth in the roof of the mouth. The
sphenotic spines (above the eyes) are
large and
there is a
prominent angulare spine...
- 10 to 15 soft rays;
greatest distance between anterolateral angles of
sphenotic bones is 15 to 23% of the
standard length. 10 to 13
Neuromasts in a supraorbital...
- peduncle.
Males are smaller, at only 2.2 cm in length, and have
pointed sphenotic spines. The eggs of L.
macrodon are only 1 mm in diameter. All the specimens...
- surface, a row of
tubercles almost always present dorsal to the orbit, both
sphenotic tubercles well
developed and sharp,
trifid prin****l
tubercles on the...
-
hidden behind if
viewed from the side. In the skull, the
frontal and
sphenotic bones have
prominent foramina. In the anal fin, the
first pterygiop****...
- are immobile,
while the rest can be depressed. They have well-developed
sphenotic spines (above the eyes) and a
symphysial spine (at the tip of the jaw...
