| Main Ref. | Urbano-Bonilla, A., A. Londoño-Burbano and T.P. Carvalho, 2023 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| 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 a transverse dorsal band that is not well defined and is curved, similar to that band observed on anterior border of snout, anterior to the first predorsal plate; presence of dark, diffuse blotches, seen as unified dark colouration along most of dorsal portion of head, without bands or spots on head; a long snout that occupies more than half the HL, between 58.0% and 66.3% HL; naked portion on the cleithral region from border of lower lip reaching origin of pectoral fin; five series of lateral plates in longitudinal rows below the dorsal fin; presence of six branched pectoral fin rays and the lower lip surface with short thick papillae (Ref. 137795). |
| 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 | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 5 - 5 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |