| Main Ref. | Ghazali, S.Z., S. Lavoué, S.A. Mohd Nor and A.H. Muhammad‑Rasul, 2023 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: a single backwardly oriented supraorbital spine; absence of nasal spine; lower margin of interopercle smooth; preorbital ridge smooth; transverse scale rows on cheek 2; predorsal scales 13 or 14; scale rows between anal-fin origin and lateral line 7 or 8 (modally 8); scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line 5. Body compressed, relatively deep, its height 44.6 to 51.2% of SL; caudal peduncle robust, its height 16.7 to 18.9% of SL; second dorsal-fin spine (DH2) longer than third dorsal-fin spine (DH3) (DH2/DH3 > 1); second anal-fin spine (AH2) shorter than third anal-fin spine (AH3) (AH2/AH3 < 1). (Ref. 137821). |
| 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 | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |