| Main Ref. | Last, P.R., G.K. Yearsley and H. Motomura, 2005 |
| 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 | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished by the following characters: anal fin III, 5; 3 diagonal red bands on pectoral fin; red caudal-fin margin; relatively small head, 38.7-42.3% SL, orbit 7.4-8.2% SL; upper jaw, 19.1-20.7% SL; maxilla depth, 5.3-6.1% SL; short predorsal-fin distance 36.2-38.8%; long second pelvic-fin ray 18.6-19.8% SL, 0.9-1.0 of length of upper jaw; anal-fin spines, first 5.0-6.6% SL, second 10.4-12.% SL (Ref. 58026). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 24 - 24 |
| 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 | 10 - 10 |
| on upper limb | 3 - 3 |
| total | 13 - 13 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2notched No |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 12 - 12 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 5 - 5 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |