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(Chaetonotus)

scetch
  • 80 - 370 µm - Scales unilobed with posterior incision
  • Scales keeled at least up to half
  • spines start at the posterior end
  • spine length +/- the same, lengthens slightly to the posterior end
  • all scales (except sometimes one dorsal / posterior) spined
  • short spined field dorsal / posteriorly



80 Species:


Chaetonotus (C. ) dybowskii



Chaetonotus (C. ) elegans



Chaetonotus (C. ) eximius



Chaetonotus (C. ) fluviatilis



Chaetonotus (C. ) formosus



Chaetonotus (C. ) furcatus



Chaetonotus (C. ) gelidus



Chaetonotus (C. ) greuteri



Chaetonotus (C. ) heterospinosus



Chaetonotus (C. ) hirsutus