| Main Ref. | Freyhof, J. and D.V. Serov, 2000 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | flattened |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Absence of dark stripes on body; absence of concentric bands on paired fins. Pelvic fin reaching 5-40% of distance between anus and anal-fin origin. No cavity around the mouth, skin-fold between oropectoral membrane and ventral surface of head running from pectoral-fin origin to second rostral barbel. Tubercles on dorsal part of head concentrated on tip of snout; 15-21 large tubercles on branched pectoral-fin rays. General appearance elongated. Lateral line with 58-64 scales (Ref. 40433). Description: dorsal fin with 3 simple and 8 branched rays; anal fin with 2 simple and 4 branched rays; pectoral fin with 1 simple and 23-24 branched rays; pelvic fin with 1 simple and 19-20 branched rays (Ref. 40433). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 58 - 64 |
| Pored lateral line scales | 58 - 64 |
| 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 | 35 - 35 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |