| Main Ref. | Chernova, N.V. and Y.K. Kurbanov, 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: no barbels around mouth'; teeth simple (not three-lobed); head pores 2-6-7-2; snout is narrow, duck-like protruding, 3.2 times as long as eye, no vertical cleft; body deep and compressed; pupil dot-like, round; gill opening 0.8 eye diameter; vertebrae 62; D 56; A 45; P 36; C 13 (2+5/5+1). Colouration: when alive, colour pink, with clearly defined red-brown oval rings (Ref .132302). |
| 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 | 62 - 62 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 56 - 56 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 45 - 45 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 36 - 36 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |