| Main Ref. | Zeng, Y.-Y., X.-R. Pu, H.-T. Lei, T.N. Oo and X.-Y. Chen, 2025 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| 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 set of characters: eye small (5-8% HL); lateral margin of frontal straight, not forming brow ridge, strongly notched in antero-dorsal margin of the first dorsal-fin pterygiophore; dorsal spine strong (width 10.6-14.4 times its length); filamentous extensions of pectoral-fin spine reaching posterior of anal-fin base; neural spines of 4th-6th vertebrae immediately anterior to adipose fin distally slender; adipose-fin origin at vertical through or very slightly posterior to anal-fin origin, and caudal peduncle deep (4.2-5.1% SL) (Ref. 137734). |
| 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 | 43 - 43 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |