| Main Ref. | Vijayakrishnan, B., J. Praveenraj and A. Mishra, 2023 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | oval |
| 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: presence of serrations on anterior edge of dorsal spine; thoracic adhesive apparatus not extending beyond base of last pectoral-fin ray; caudal peduncle depth 8.6-10.2% SL, body depth at anus 15.3-20.2% SL; adipose-fin base length 13.6-18.1% SL; dorsal to adipose distance 11.4-14.4% SL; length of pectoral-fin spine 19.3-28.0% SL; length of dorsal-fin spine 16.5-20.4% SL; head width 21.6-25.9% SL; and live specimens with irregular, creamish bands on the body (Ref. 138320). |
| 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 | 15 - 15 |
| total | 31 - 31 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 4 - 4 |