| Main Ref. | Tenali, D.R., P. Singh, G.V. Pratap, N. Phom, M. Ratnaraju and L. Kosygin, 2024 |
| 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 from its congeners by the following set of characters: an ovate-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus with skin ridges present over the entire apparatus, including the subulate-shaped depressed region; plicae present on the ventral surface of pectoral fin spine and first ray of pelvic fin; head (23.3-26.3% SL); deep body (depth at anus 15.1-16.4% SL); W-shaped anterior nuchal plate elemt; dorsal-fin origin nearer to the snout tip than to the origin of adipose fin, posterior margin of dorsal spine rugose with 4-5 ridges; nasal barbel not reaching orbit when adpressed; and a body with two longitudinal pale-cream stripes, one each along mid-dorsal and lateral line (Ref. 137710). |
| 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 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 11 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |