| Main Ref. | Harris, P.M., D.F. Markle and M.A. Campbell, 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: moderately coarse scales, 67-92 usually in the lateral line, modally 85; scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line 12-17, modally 15; snout length 6.8-12.6% SL, mean 10.1%; body depth 16.7-24.1% SL, mean 20.9%; caudal-peduncle depth 8.0-12.1% SL, mean 9.5%; dorsal-fin base 11.2-16.7% SL, mean 14.0%; dorsal-fin origin to pelvic-fin origin 17.2-25.7% SL, mean 21.2%; dorsal-fin origin to anal-fin origin 28.6-39.1% SL, mean 33.2%; dorsal-fin insertion to anal-fin origin 17.5-25.4% SL, mean 21.7%; eye to nare 1.3-4.4% SL, mean 3.1%; and upper-lip 4.3-7.7% SL, mean 5.8% (Ref. 137930). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 67 - 92 |
| 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 | 24 - 25 |
| total | 39 - 41 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |