| Main Ref. | Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023 |
| 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 from its congeners by the following set of characters: rigid upper jaw lacking flexible lamina posteriorly, extending about 0.7 to 0.8 eye diameters behind posterior Opistognathus having a margin of orbit; infraorbitals moderately robust and tubular, 3rd infraorbital large with 3rd infraorbital larger with, 3rd infraorbital larger with short posterolateral arm ending in a sensory pore, suborbital shelf absent; D XI, 11; A II, 10; vertebrae 10+16; gill rakers 9-10+20-21 = 30-32; all fins mostly uniformly pigmented (except dorsal fin with very narrow grey or blue proximal stripe) (Ref. 128653). |
| 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 | 10 - 10 |
| total | 26 - 26 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 11 - 11 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 19 - 20 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |