| Main Ref. | Acharya, S., S.R. Mohanty, D. Ray, S.S. Mishra and A. Mohapatra, 2022 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| 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: with a distinct pentagonal vomerine tooth patch; posterior tip of vomer clearly ends with single tooth before the anterior level of eye; vomerine tooth patch with 48-52 teeth in 8-9 rows; ethmovomerine tooth patch with 60-64 teeth in 7-8 rows; posterior margin of the eye just before the rictus; dorsal-fin origin slightly anterior to the level of gill opening; vertebrae: predorsal 7-8, preanal 29-31, total 125+ - 136+; dorsal-fin rays before vent 44-47; peritoneum and stomach colour pale (Ref. 129532). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 125 |
| 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 | 29 - 31 |
| total | 125 - 136 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |