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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Ascaphus truei | |
| Genus: Ascaphus | |
| Family: Ascaphidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Ascaphus truei | |
| ID information: AJ871087.1 / zsm720/2000 | |
| NCBI name: Ascaphus truei | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): suctorial | |
| Collector: John Reiss | |
| Country: USA | |
| Locality 1: Washington | |
| Locality 2: King County | |
| Coordinate 1: no data | |
| Coordinate 2: no data | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 35 | |
| Total length: 37.066 mm | |
| Body length: 12.537 mm | |
| Tail length: 24.529 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 5.281 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 8.259 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.078 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 7.61 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 0.829 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 3.64 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 3.54 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 6.592 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.162 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 2.129 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 3.82 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.251 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 8.012 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| LKRF: 31,2/8(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 8 | |
| Anterior gaps: no | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 5>6=4>7=3>2>8>1 | |
| Anterior papillae: absent | |
| Posterior papillae: 2b-3 | |
| MPRF: 0/1/3 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: blunt | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: finely | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: bar | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: u | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: robust/slender | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterodorsally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: tube | |
| Position of eyes: anterolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: anterolaterally | |
| Position of spiracle: mav | |
| Shape of spiracle: slit | |
| Position of vent tube: medial posteriorly | |
| Shape of vent tube: dextal h | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: b | |
| Lateral line system visible: no | |
| Position of lateral line system: absent | |
| Relative heigth of fins: d=v | |
| Dorsal fin reaches onto body: no | |
| Margin of ventral fin: a | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: g | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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