| Main Ref. | Motomura, H., P.R. Last and G.K. Yearsley, 2007 |
| 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 | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Tympanic spines present; upper-jaw lip well developed, covering most of premaxillary tooth band laterally; no scales on lateral surface of maxilla; 57–63 scale rows in longitudinal series; second pelvicfin soft ray short (17.9-24.9% SL, mean 20.3%), shorter than upper-jaw length; body deep (depth 34.3-42.5% of SL, mean 38.0%); orbit diameter large (14.1–18.0% of SL, mean 16.1%); pelvic-fin spine short (9.4–15.9% of SL, mean 12.4%); first anal-fin spine short (5.1–7.7% of SL, mean 6.4%); head profile convex; swimbladder present; head and trunk whitish with two blackish bands from eye on head and 4 blackish saddles on body in preserved specimens (Ref. 58335). |
| 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 | 26 - 26 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 13 - 13 |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |