| Main Ref. | Kimura, K., Y. Tsuda and N. Nakayama, 2023 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | circular |
| 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: D 30; A 48-49; pectoral-fin rays 9-10; pelvic-fin rays 7; 29-31 PV photophores; 26-27 AC photophores; 69-72 vertebrae; preanal length 63.7-65.3% SL; head length 9.7-10.1% SL; barbel length 12.2-13.7% SL; single luminous gland on upper margin of caudal fin; stem of barbel lacking external pigmentation except for its proximal portion, and melanophores sparsely scattered around small photophores on ventral side of stem; pale yellow patches arranged in 1 or 2 rows on dorsal and ventral sides of stem; single or pared filaments on dorsal side of distal portion of barbel stem just before terminal bulb; and single leaf-shaped dark patch on ventral side of bulb (Ref. 132814). |
| 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 | 69 - 72 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 30 - 30 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 48 - 49 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 |