| Main Ref. | Turan, D., M. Kocabaş and I. Aksu, 2025 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| 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: the mouth shape and structure, an incomplete lateral line; 9-13 greyish narrow bars on flank; a longer dorsal adipose crest on caudal peduncle, length 19-28% SL; a very slightly distinct incision on upper lip; a slightly developed a pelvic auxiliary, fully attached body; absence of suborbital grove or flap in males; a deeper caudal peduncle, length 1.1-1.3; a longer dorsal-fin base, length 16-19% SL; a shorter distance between pelvic-fin origin and anal-fin origin, length 20-24% SL; a slightly emarginated or truncate caudal-fin; and the presence small black dots on upper lip (Ref. 138481). |
| 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 | 35 - 38 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 5 - 5 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 8 |