| Main Ref. | Mohapatra, A., D. Ray, S.R. Mohanty and S.S. Mishra, 2018 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This moderate-sized species is distinguished by the following characters: preanal length 2-6 in TL; DFO well behind the pectoral-fin tip; pectoral fin well developed and rounded; posterior nostril a hole in the upper lip opening towards the mouth and covered by a flap; single barbel between the anterior and posterior nostrils; teeth elongated, conical and sharp, vomerine teeth biserial anteriorly, multi- to triserial and biserial medially, and in a single row posteriorly, while maxillary teeth biserial anteriorly and triserial posteriorly, lower jaw teeth in a single row followed by biserial and triserial teeth posteriorly, tip of lower jaw toothless; vertebrae, predorsal 24, preanal 51-52, total 156-158 (Ref. 129615). |
| 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 | 51 - 52 |
| total | 156 - 158 |
| 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 |