| Main Ref. | Fernandez-Silva, I. and H.-C. Ho, 2017 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| 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: body relatively deep and oval, its body depth at pectoral fin base 2.3-2.4 in SL, at mid-trunk 2.1-2.3 in SL; dorsal-fin origin is above or slightly anterior to the pectoral fin base; preopercle with a short and pointed triangular spine not or nearly reaching the posterior margin of the interopercle; dorsal-fin base, 1.6-1.7 in SL; anal-fin base, 2.3-2.6 in SL, relatively long; eye small, its diameter 2.4-2.6 in HL; interorbital space is broad, its width 3.0-3.3% HL; head length 1.2-1.5 in body depth; caudal-peduncle length 3.0-3.8 in body depth; pored lateral-line scales 60-65; lateral scale rows along the body axis 85-89; transversal scales rows 12-15 + 47-51 = 59-66 (Ref. 115564). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 85 - 87 |
| 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 | 18 - 19 |
| on upper limb | 5 - 6 |
| total | 23 - 24 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 10 - 10 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |