Scientific Name
Latris pacifica
Common Name
Silver trumpeter
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 19 - 20;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 40-44;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 32 - 37;
Vertebrae: 24 - 25. This species is distinguished from all other latrids by the following characters: total count of dorsal fin elements (spines plus soft rays) 60-64 (cf. 46-59); precaudal vertebrae 18 (cf. 14-16, or 21-22); dorsal fin spines 19-20, dorsal soft rays 40-44; anal soft rays 32-37; pectoral fin rays 17-19, with 8-9 branched rays; tubed lateral line scales 115-129, total 112-124 on body plus 3-8 extending across caudal fin base; scale rows in upper transverse series 14-17, in lower transverse series 26-30; total gill rakers on first arch 18-22; vertebrae 18+24-25 = 42-43 (Ref. 76767).