| Main Ref. | Hashimoto, S. and H. Motomura, 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| 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 12-14 (modally 13); A soft rays 13 or 14 (14); scale rows above lateral line 9-12 (11); gill rakers on lower limb 23-25 (23); body relatively low, its depth at sixth dorsal-fin spine base 29.5-36.0% (mean 32.7%) of SL; eyes large, orbit diameter 13.2-17.5% (15.1%) of SL, 45.3-51.4% (47.7%) of HL; body tapering gently from close behind head; posterior tip of preopercular spine reaching to opercular margin; dark brown blotches on dorsal and pelvic fins in preserved specimens; absence of large black blotch on pelvic-fin base (Ref. 132589). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 67 - 79 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 83 - 83 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 9 - 12 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 35 - 38 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 10 - 10 |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 14 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 18 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |