The pectoral fins are placed far forward and downward, opposite the incision that is present between
the operculum and the suboperculum, so that anteriorly the branchiostegal membrane covers their roots.
They are inserted almost horizontally, and their movements usually are made in that direction. The scales
covering their bases form, as mentioned above, a kind of sheath, in which they move. These fins, which
extend until the ventral fin bases, are provided with seven rays that decrease so much in length from the
outside to the inside, that the last one is three times as short as the first one. The first ray is very thick,
strong, undivided and hard; the following ones in their first half are split into main branches and these
further on our split in several side branches. The ventral fins are placed a little closer to the tip of the snout
than tip of the caudal fin. They lie very close to each other, immediately next to the ventral line. They are
relatively not very large, and their movements are made in a perpendicular direction. They are provided
with five rays of which the anterior most one is undivided and more than twice as long as last one. The anal
fin occupies the caudal two fifths of the body length before the caudal peduncle. It is of a medium-size. Its
rays, 27 in number, are directed backwards and a bit downwards. The first ray is almost one-fourth shorter
than the second one. From the second until about the 22nd ray the length is about equal, but from then on
they regularly decrease in size so that the last ray is equal in size to the first ray. The first and second rays
are undivided; the next ones, as usual near the tip split into two main and several side branches. The dorsal
fin is placed very far backwards, and opposite the posterior, smaller part of the anal fin, with which part it
compares in length and reach. Its rays, 18 in number, are directed backwards, but the first one is directed a
bit upwards, and the first three rays are undivided. The caudal fin can rather be called small than large,
because its length plus the caudal peduncle is only 1
/5 of the total length of the fish. At the end it is strongly rounded and it is composed of 14 large rays, of which the two outer most are undivided and accompanied
by a very short ray on the outside of their bases; for this reason one could also count 16 rays.
The pectoral fins are placed far forward and downward, opposite the incision that is present betweenthe operculum and the suboperculum, so that anteriorly the branchiostegal membrane covers their roots.They are inserted almost horizontally, and their movements usually are made in that direction. The scalescovering their bases form, as mentioned above, a kind of sheath, in which they move. These fins, whichextend until the ventral fin bases, are provided with seven rays that decrease so much in length from theoutside to the inside, that the last one is three times as short as the first one. The first ray is very thick,strong, undivided and hard; the following ones in their first half are split into main branches and thesefurther on our split in several side branches. The ventral fins are placed a little closer to the tip of the snoutthan tip of the caudal fin. They lie very close to each other, immediately next to the ventral line. They arerelatively not very large, and their movements are made in a perpendicular direction. They are providedwith five rays of which the anterior most one is undivided and more than twice as long as last one. The analfin occupies the caudal two fifths of the body length before the caudal peduncle. It is of a medium-size. Itsrays, 27 in number, are directed backwards and a bit downwards. The first ray is almost one-fourth shorterthan the second one. From the second until about the 22nd ray the length is about equal, but from then onthey regularly decrease in size so that the last ray is equal in size to the first ray. The first and second rays
are undivided; the next ones, as usual near the tip split into two main and several side branches. The dorsal
fin is placed very far backwards, and opposite the posterior, smaller part of the anal fin, with which part it
compares in length and reach. Its rays, 18 in number, are directed backwards, but the first one is directed a
bit upwards, and the first three rays are undivided. The caudal fin can rather be called small than large,
because its length plus the caudal peduncle is only 1
/5 of the total length of the fish. At the end it is strongly rounded and it is composed of 14 large rays, of which the two outer most are undivided and accompanied
by a very short ray on the outside of their bases; for this reason one could also count 16 rays.
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