| Main Ref. | Girard, M.G., M.D. Santos and K.E. Bemis, 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 from its congeners in the Pacific Ocean by the following characters: with two fleshy papillae on the cleithrum (absent in elongatus, karnellai, struhsakeri); fewer number of gill rakers 30-33 (vs. 34+ in other species); differs further from cyanescens, nitidus, which have bony cleithral papillae; fewer pectoral-fin rays 18-19 (vs. 22 in cyanescens, 20-23 in nitidus) and fewer lateral-line scales 69-74 (vs. 100-105 in cyanescens, 87-93 in nitidus); differs from Erythrocles schlegelii, which also has fleshy cleithral papillae, by II isolated dorsal-fin spines between the spinous and soft dorsal fin (Ref. 130869). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 74 - 74 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 26 - 28 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 22 - 25 |
| on upper limb | 8 - 8 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 10 - 10 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 18 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |