| Main Ref. | Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A. and J.S. Albert, 2004 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal end of the anal fin with a clear patch; dorso-posterior portion of the preopercle with two laterosensory canal pores ( from the preopercular-mandibular series); progressive loss of alternating dark and light pigments bands with the size; head length, 10.2-11.2% total length; anal fin pterygiophores with many scales (9-10); few pored lateral-line scales to first ramus (47-48); total number of pored lateral-line scales 84 (n=1); relatively large eye, orbital diameter 8.5-9.0% HL) (Ref. 54466). |
| 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 | |
| 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 |