| Main Ref. | Fan, Y.-C., Y. Su, C.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chang and H.-C. Lin, 2024 |
| 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 by the following set of characters: D IV-V,35-37; gill rakers on the outer face of first gill arch 3+1+6=10; scales row between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line vertically 6-8 and posteriorly 12-14; pyloric caeca 40; snout is rounded, with the surface rough and gelatinous, its tip evidently protrude anterior margin of premaxilla; ctenii on body scales arranged in wedge shape, forming three rows; fourth anal-fin spine long, 1.0-1.2 in eye diameter; dorsal-fin is long, 49.6-53.0% SL; oral-branchial cavity, not including the underside of tongue, black (Ref. 132970). |
| 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 | 10 - 10 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 12 - 12 |
| total | 29 - 29 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 4 - 5 |
| Soft-rays total | 35 - 37 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 4 - 4 |
| Soft-rays total | 14 - 16 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |