| Main Ref. | Kodeeswaran, P. and T.T.A. Kumar, 2025 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | eel-like |
| 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: dorsal-fin origin slightly before gill openings; predorsal length 40.2-43.7% PAL; head large, its length 43.6-47.5% PAL; brown dorsal and white ventral coloration of thebody and head; melanophore pigments are scattered over ventral part of body; lateral-line pores before dorsal fin 13-15; lateral-line pores before gill openings 16-18; preanal lateral-line pore 47-50; SO 5, IO 9, POM 11, ST 1; predorsal vertebrae 11-13; and preanal vertebrae 46-49. (Ref. 138158). |
| 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 | 46 - 49 |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |