Scientific Name
Konia dikume
Common Name
Dikume
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 15 - 16;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11-12;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 9 - 10. Diagnosis: snout pointed; mouth at an angle of about 20-30? with the horizontal (Ref. 53940, 81260). Teeth usually only in 2 series (Ref. 53940). Lower pharyngeal bone very slender with a relatively long blade (Ref. 53940), markedly longer than wide (Ref. 81260). Lower jaw with a slight mental process; can always be recognised when freshly caught by the blood that swells the capillaries, especially at the bases of the fins, and oozes over the surface, staining its silvery color; no dark markings on body of freshly caught specimens; 2-5 dark blotches appear between upper lateral line and dorsal fin, and sometimes also a vague dark stripe at the level of the horizontal myoseptum, in preserved specimens (Ref. 53940).