Morphological characteristics | Present study | Sujatha and Padmavathi (2015) | Han (1995) | |
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A. reticularis | A. firmamentum | A. stellatus | ||
Standard length (SL, mm) | 330 | 264–478 | 269–350 | 391–410 |
Total length as % SL | 121 | 118–125 | – | – |
% in body depth | 32 | 34–41 | 36.0 ± 4.6 | 48.7 ± 2.3 |
% in head length | 39 | 33–36 | 29.5 ± 0.9 | 30.8 ± 1.0 |
% in predorsal length | 80 | 73–81 | 69.9 ± 1.2 | 66.7 ± 1.3 |
% in prepectoral length | 44 | 34––40 | – | – |
% in preanal length | 86 | 72–82 | 75.0 ± 2.3 | 70.5 ± 1.3 |
% in length of dorsal fin | 17 | 16–19 | 20.3 ± 1.9 | 15.4 ± 1.1 |
% in length of pectoral fin | 13 | 13–16 | 14.6 ± 1.1 | 11.5 ± 0.7 |
% in length of anal fin | 14 | 15–17 | – | – |
% in caudal peduncle depth | 15 | 21–27 | 12.2 ± 1.8 | 14.1 ± 0.7 |
% in preanus length | 80 | – | – | – |
% in dorso–caudal peduncle length | 18 | – | 16.2 ± 0.7 | 20.5 ± 0.1 |
% in ventro–caudal peduncle length | 17 | – | 18.9 ± 1.2 | 21.5 ± 1.1 |
% in head length | ||||
% in nasal length | 35 | – | – | – |
% in snout length | 38 | 38–44 | – | – |
% in eye diameter | 27 | 30–36 | – | – |
% in interorbital width | 54 | 51–62 | – | – |
Counts | ||||
Dorsal fin rays | 10 | 10–11 | 14 | 11–12 |
Pectoral fin rays | 18 | 17–18 | 13–14 | 11 |
Anal fin rays | 10 | 10–11 | 15–16 | 18–19 |
Caudal fin rays | 11 | 10–11 | – | – |
Vertebrae | 18 | – | 20 | 18 |