| Main Ref. | Maeda, K. and H.H. Tan, 2013 |
| 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 | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | cycloid and ctenoid scales |
| Diagnosis |
This species can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: second dorsal fin usually with 9 soft-rays; first dorsal fin pointed with 3-5 elongate spines in males; pectoral fin usually with 15 soft-rays; caudal-fin length 29-35% of SL in males; premaxillary teeth 33-45 in <50.0 mm SL; 44-47 in ? 50.0 mm SL; white patch behind pectoral-fin base absent in males; nape and posterior half of occipital region always covered by cycloid scales in both sexes; coloration in male usually with 7-11 obscure dusky transverse bars laterally on posterior half of trunk and tail; males sometimes with two broad dusky bars laterally below first and second dorsal-fin bases; black spots on longest pectoral-fin ray 6-12 in male, 0-6 in female (Ref. 94805). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 29 - 33 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 9 - 9 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |