| Main Ref. | Su, Y., A.N. Kotlyar, H.-C. Lin, T. Kawai and H.-C. Ho, 2024 |
| 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 from its congeners by the following set of characters: body soft and dusky; bony ridges on the head and fin rays delicate; body scales deciduous; gular region covered with ctenoid scales; pelvic-fin spine smooth on its anterior edge; head depth smaller than its length, 37.2%-38.6% SL or 94.7%-99.2% HL; pectoral-fin length 35.6%-37.8% SL, with tip reaching beyond vertical through anal-fin origin to middle of anal-fin base; abdominal scutes well developed, 12-16; pectoral-fin rays uniformly black, 17-19; gill rakers on outer surface of first arch 6-7 + 1 + 13-14 = 21; pre-dorsal scales 24-27; pyloric caeca 32; moderate body size 230 mm SL (Ref. 133164). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 27 - 27 |
| 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 | 21 - 21 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 27 - 27 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 5 - 5 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |