| Main Ref. | Schwarzhans, W. and P.R. Møller, 2011 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | |
| 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: vertebrae 12 + 30-32 = 42-44, pleural ribs on vertebrae 2-11; rays on dorsal fin 71-75 and anal fin 55-62, D/A 20-21; distance from base of ventral fin to base of anal fin 25.5-28; head with rounded snout, scale patch on cheeks with 4 or 5 rows on upper cheek and 2 or 3 rows on lower cheek; p2 pairs of pseudoclaspers almost equally large, outer flap-shaped with broadened tip, inner narrower with anteriorly inclined tip; otolith with indistinctly divided sulcus with extremely small cauda, ostium length to cauda length about 7:1, sulcus slightly inclined, otolith length to otolith height 2.1, otolith length to sulcus length 1.8-1.9 (Ref. 88966). |
| 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 | 12 - 12 |
| total | 42 - 44 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 71 - 75 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 55 - 62 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |