| Main Ref. | Møller, P.R. and W. Schwarzhans, 2008 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 83-85; A 67; large eyes (3.0-3.3%SL); slender body; pointed snout, no cirri; scales on cheeks, 2 above the opercular spine; no upper preopercular pore; outer pseudoclasper broad-based, simple flap, while the inner one is very small, somewhat depressed; moderately elongate otolith, length to height 2.1-2.2, with regularly curved dorsal rim; small sulcus, otolith length to sulcus length 1.9-2.0, very small cauda, ostium length to cauda length 5.5-7.0, ostium height to cauda height 2.2-2.7; vertebrae 11 + 32-33 = 43-44 (Ref. 81230). |
| 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 | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 11 - 11 |
| total | 43 - 44 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 83 - 85 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 67 - 67 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |