| Main Ref. | Okamoto, M., R. Fricke and N. Yagishita, 2025 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| 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: dorsal-fin rays VII-I, 10; pectoral-fin rays 16-17; total gill rakers 23-25; vertebrae 10 + 15; pyloric caeca 8; pored lateral-line scales 46-49 + 4; absence of opercular spine; absence of maxillary mustache-like processes; absence of lingual teeth; small conical teeth on lower jaw; pair of ribs present on last abdominal vertebra (Fig. 1e); absence of tubercle on inner symphysis of lower jaw; pectoral-fin length 16.8-22.8% SL; postorbital length 10.8-12.7% SL; silvery white gill cover; and light brown pectoral fin (Ref. 138499). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 3 - 3 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 10 - 11 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 23 - 25 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 10 - 10 |
| total | 25 - 25 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |