| Main Ref. | Schwarzhans, W. and J.G. Nielsen, 2011 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: vertebrae 11-12 + 36-37 = 48; dorsal-fin rays 76, anal-fin rays 60-62, pectoral-fin rays 15 or 16, caudal-fin rays 8-9; anterior dorsal fin ray above vertebra 8; anterior anal fin ray below dorsal fin ray 14-15; anterior anal fin ray below vertebra 14; head with continuous scale patches from cheek and opercle to occiput, except for narrow gap between cheek and opercle; papillae few on anterior half of head; forward-curved spine at lower angle of preopercle, hidden by thin skin; posterior mandibular pores 3, lower preopercular pores 1; ver small palatine teeth; elongate otolith, posterior-dorsally expanded, length to height, 2.2; otolith length to colliculum length, 3.5 (Ref. 88975). |
| 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 | 11 - 12 |
| total | 48 - 48 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 76 - 76 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 60 - 62 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |