| Main Ref. | Ho, H.-C., S. Oktaviyani, T. Peristiwady and H.H. Tan, 2021 |
| 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 |
Description: D 11; A 22; pectoral-fin rays 17 (both sides); pelvic-fin rays 9 (both side); upper/lower procurrent rays 15/16; upper/lower principal caudal-fin rays 10/9; gill rakers on first arch 34, upper limb 6, lower limb 28 (16 on ceratobranchial + 12 on hypobranchial, including three anterior ones with short spine-like teeth); total lateral-line scales 56 [before dorsal-fin origin (DFO) 25, before ventral fin origin (VFO) 27, before anal-fin origin (AFO) 40 (left)/41 (right)]; total vertebrae 61 (prehaemal 31; before DFO 26, before VFO 28, before AFO 41; caudal 30). Colouration: when fresh, body uniformly dark greyish; all fins are darker grey; eyes, snout, and cheek blackish; preserved colour pale grey; mouth cavity and gill chamber are black (Ref. 128303). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 56 - 56 |
| 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 | 61 - 61 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 22 - 22 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |