| Main Ref. | Hanahara, N., K. Miyamoto and S-I. Oka, 2021 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | clearly concave |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
| Diagnosis |
This species is characterized by the following: D IX,25; pectoral rays 16; gill rakers 25; teeth incisiform, denticulate, and close-set, with the distal end of upper teeth rounded with 12 upper and 14 lower teeth; body depth 1.9 in SL. Colouration: body light to dark brown with irregular, longitudinal, dotted stripes narrower than brown interspaces; suborbital and opercular region with stripes paralleling snout outline; rear base of dorsal and anal fins with a pupil-sized black blotch; dorsal and anal fins with bands paralleling outer edge (Ref. 138601). Description: This species differs from A. nigrofasciatus by the following: presence of the lines parallel to the snout on the suborbital and opercular regions (vs. spots on those regions in A. nigrofuscus); size of the black blotch at the rear base of the dorsal fin is larger in A. nigros; absence of a dark margin around the caudal-peduncle spine (vs. present ); posterior tips of the dorsal and anal fins less pointed when these fins are elevated (vs. more pointed); bands on the dorsal and anal fins more visible in preserved specimens (vs. less distinct) (Ref. 1920, 138601). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 25 - 25 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 9 - 9 |
| total | 22 - 22 |
| Attributes | extending over most of the back length |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 9 - 9 |
| Soft-rays total | 25 - 25 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 25 - 25 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |