| Main Ref. | Hidaka, K., Y. Tsukamoto and Y. Iwatsuki, 2017 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters (holotype measurements in parentheses): supraneural bones 6-7; dorsal-fin rays 54-65 (mode 58); total vertebrae 105-107 (107); pored lateral-line scales 99-109 (105); pre-dorsal scale rows 13-20 (16); head length 23-31 % (mean 27 %) of SL; pectoral-fin length 10-18 % (15 %) of SL; pre-dorsal-fin length 31-39 % (35 %) of SL; dorsal-fin base length 47-56 % (52 %) of SL; postorbital length 9-12 % (10 %) of SL; upper caudal-fin length 16-32 % (21 %) of SL (Ref. 109573). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 107 - 113 |
| Pored lateral line scales | 99 - 109 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 16 - 16 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 105 - 107 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 54 - 65 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 13 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 18 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 11 |