| Main Ref. | Zawadzki, C.H., I.S. Penido, T.C. Pessali and P.H.F. Lucinda, 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: dental crowns with ellipsoidal medial cusps and angle between dentaries usually larger than 80°; body size moderate and deep; head deep, its depth 20.0-22.7 % of SL and 59.1-67.3 % of HL; mandibulary ramus short, 19.0-24.0 % of HL; eyes large (orbital diameter 18.9-24.6 % of HL); no keels on lateral series of plates; no hypertrophied odontodes on flanks; uniform pectoral-fin spine diameter along its length; with a flap-shaped median buccal papilla; supraorbital not raised; anterior portion of abdomen partially naked. Colouration: body with large and faded dark blotches over a clearer background (Ref. 132487). |
| 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 |