| Main Ref. | Parin, N.V., 1990 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Head almost completely covered by scales (scales absent only in lips, chin, branchiostegal membranes and narrow band on snout in front of eyes); first ray of spiny dorsal fin elongated in males (Ref. 41739). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 62 - 71 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 9 - 11 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 4 - 5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 26 - 30 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 28 - 28 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 6 - 6 |
| Soft-rays total | 14 - 15 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 18 - 18 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 20 - 22 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |