| Main Ref. | Jaafar, T.N.A.M., Y.G. Seah, H. Imamura, H. Motomura and M. Matsunama, 2025 |
| 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: second dorsal fin with 11 soft rays; anal fin with 11 soft rays; lower gill rakers 7; antrorse preopercular spine minute, weakly developed; preocular spine usually single, absence of accessory spines at base; caudal fin brown basally, broadly whitish (semitranslucent) anteriorly, posterior half almost entirely brown; pelvic fin with ca. 6-8 rows of narrow, wavy black bands or dotted lines; relatively large orbit, its diameter 12.4%-12.8% SL; and relatively narrow interorbital region, its width 1.3%-1.5% SL (Ref. 137903). |
| 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 | 8 - 8 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 9 - 9 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |