| Main Ref. | Vijayakrishnan, B. and P. Jayasimhan, 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | circular |
| 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: deeply forked caudal fin except; absence of centrally projecting hooks on proximal lepidotrichia of median caudal-fin rays; jaws equal in length; dorsal-to-adipose distance 18.8%-28.7% SL; adipose-fin base 21.1%-27.1%; body depth at anus 15.1%-19.5% SL; total vertebrae 38; caudal peduncle 13.0%-18.3% SL; head 11.9%-15.0% SL; absence of a lateral line (Ref. 132442). |
| 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 | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |