| Main Ref. | Marceniuk, A.P., A.P. Acero, R. Cooke and R. Betancur-R, 2017 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Females have well-developed fleshy protuberances or pads, in basal portion of pelvics, especially during reproductive season; vomerine tooth patches ovate to square in females, and reduced and transversally elongated in males; females’ accessory tooth patches larger and ovate (relatively smaller and elongated in males) |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | oval |
| 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 characters: external posterior branch of the lateral ethmoid thick and depressed; an inconspicuous fenestra delimited by the mesethmoid and lateral ethmoid; pectoral spine short 14.6-18.1% SL; osseous medial groove present; fleshy medial groove of neurocranium conspicuous and very long, always surpassing the posterior margin of eyes; lateral margin of sphenotic notched, narrower medially than anteriorly; pterotic lateral margin smoothly convex; gill rakers on the first gill arch, 16–17 rarely 15, gill rakers on the first and second gill arches 29-34; mouth narrow 9.0-11.4% SL; distance between anterior nostrils narrow 5.6-6.5% SL; median portion of mesethmoid narrow, medial notch of mesethmoid narrow and deep (Ref. 116660). |
| 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 | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |