| Main Ref. | Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud, 2015 |
| 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 in the Birds Head region by the following characters: D IV-V+I,13-15; A I, 21-24; 33-35 lateral scales; 10 transverse scales; 16-17 anterior scales; 13-16 cheek scales; 15 gillrakers; greater body depth, 33.3-37.8, with a moderately short pelvic anterior length 36.3-38.3% of SL; moderately short caudal peduncle length, 12.9-16.3, with a large depth, 11.8-12.4% of SL; moderately long pectoral fin length, 18.7-21.7, and a long pelvic fin length 19.4-23.5% of SL; long dorsal fin base length, 38.4-41.4% of SL; moderately long anal fin base length, 39.8-46.0% of SL; origin of the dorsal fin lies behind anal origin, between 1st and 2nd anal soft ray; absence of stripes on the anal and dorsal fin margins (Ref. 103156). |
| 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 |