Scientific Name
Polynemus melanochir dulcis
Common Name
Lake blackhand paradise fish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8 - 9;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 16;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 11 - 12. Head and body grayish-black dorsally, pale whitish-yellow ventrally. Snout long, strongly pointed (7% of SL). Pectoral filaments 7, the last probably the longest. Upper caudal fin lobe short (34-35% of SL). Swim bladder absent (Ref. 43351).