Scientific Name
Lumpenopsis clitella
Common Name
Saddled prickleback
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 47 - 48;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 0;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 30 - 31;
Vertebrae: 53 - 54. No scales on cheek; 138-145 irregular scale rows along midline; ventralmost 3-6 pectoral fin rays unbranched; eye relatively small (5 times in HL); dorsal sensory pores relatively small (diameter of anteriormost temporal pore, commissural pore and median supratemporal pores less than length of nostril tube); five or six spots along dorsal fin; eight dorsal saddles on body and little pigment below midline (Ref. 51122). Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 51122).