| Main Ref. | Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, D. Ray, A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar, C. Raghunathan and U.K. Sarkar, 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | circular |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This small-sized slender eel is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal-fin origin is behind the pectoral-fin insertion; pre-anal length 46.0-47.2% of TL; smaller eye, 20.7-21.1% HL, smaller interorbital distance, 8.9-10.7% HL; teeth on jaw small, pointed, intermaxillary and vomerine teeth continuous, short vomerine tooth patch; SO canal with 6 pores; ST canal with 3 pores; pre-dorsal vertebrae 10 (10); pre-anal vertebrae 45 (45); total vertebrae 116 (118). Colouration: no distinct bands on the head, pre-opercle whitish (Ref. 130865). |
| 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 | 45 - 45 |
| total | 116 - 118 |
| 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 |