| Main Ref. | Ho, H.-C., R.K. Meleppura and K.K. Bineesh, 2016 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | flattened |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Chaunax abei species-group by the following characters: possess a continuous tooth patch on vomer, not divided into two patches, and four or five neuromasts in the lower preopercular series; further distinguished by having large green spots on dorsal surface; simple spinules on dorsal surface; pectoral-fin rays 12; neuromasts in pectoral series 13-16; neuromasts in lateral-line proper 30-37; typically with four neuromasts on caudal-fin base and 7 neuromasts in mandible; usually with 12 gill rakers on second gill arch; gill chamber and buccal cavity are pale and the peritoneum black (Ref. 117887). |
| 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 12 - 12 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |