| Main Ref. | Cao, L., W.D. Nyingi, H.L. Bart Jr and E. Zhang, 2023 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: well-developed mental adhesive disc present; scaleless region of the abdomen adjacent to the ventral midline extending midway to pelvic fin insertions; caudal peduncle depth 13.5-15.0, mean 14.0, % of SL; predorsal scales 0-5; interorbital space width 48.6-53.7, mean 50.1, % of HL; maxillary barbels than half of eye diameter; firinged distal margin of the rostral fold; indistinct black longitudinal band extending along the lateral line on the flank; mental adhesive disc densely papillated; four scale rows below the lateral line and absence of W-shaped black mark along lateral; subdistal margins of the caudal fin (Ref. 137635). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 36 - 39 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 4 - 5 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 3 - 4 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 36 - 36 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 5 - 5 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 |