| Main Ref. | Praveenraj, J. and B. Vijayakrishnan, 2026 |
| 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: presence of plicate ventral surface of pectoral-fin spine and first pelvic-fin ray; thoracic adhesive apparatus completely encinctured by striae; dorsal-fin spine (13.7-16.1% SL); dorsal-fin base (12.0-13.1% SL); absence of irregular blotches on dorso-lateral surface of body; adipose-fin base (12.8-15.0% SL); post-adipose distance (20.8-22.2% SL); body (17.1-19.6% SL); serrated posterior margin of dorsal-fin spine; rhomboidal thoracic adhesive apparatus with a triangular central depression; anal-fin base (16.4-20.3 % SL), and inter orbital (23.6-26.0% SL) (Ref. 138710). |
| 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 | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |