| Main Ref. | Freyhof, J. and D.V. Serov, 2001 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Differs from other species of the genus in Vietnam by the combination of the following characters: body with 11-15 regular dark bars wider than interspaces; a complete black bar at caudal-fin base; predorsal back and belly densely covered with scales; lateral line complete; 8 1/2 dorsal-fin rays; 9+8 branched caudal-fin rays; 8 pelvic rays; axillary pelvic lobe not reduced and not laterally fused with body; pelvic-fin origin below simple or first branched dorsal-fin rays; caudal peduncle 1.1-1.3 times longer than deep; lateral head length 108-117% HL; median caudal-fin ray 74.7-86.1% of length of upper caudal-fin lobe; interorbital distance 30.2-40.2% HL; slender processus dentiformis and long barbels, outer rostral barbel 30.7-42.9% HL (Ref. 40772). |
| 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 | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |