| Main Ref. | Cui, R., Y. Pan, X. Yang and Y. Wang, 2013 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Genital papilla of male coniform, pointed, and slightly bifurcated at tip; in larger specimens often reaching or passing first anal fin spine (vs. genital papilla of female obtuse). |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | cycloid scales |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished by the combination of the following characters: exterior row of teeth on both jaws tricuspid; first branched ray of pectoral fin free; scales in longitudinal series exceeding 40, typically >42; high forward and backward transverse scale counts at origin of anal fin (TRF > 24 and TRB > 17); barbels present on cheek, preoperculum and lower jaw; barbels reduced, centermost pair of chin barbels not exceeding front edge of chin by more than 1/3 of their length; transverse opercular papillae line normal, not as barbels; barbel line at preopercular edge ending at pore O’, situated at base of the uppermost preopercular barbel (Ref. 93723). |
| 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 | 27 - 27 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 22 - 22 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes part of sucker-disc |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |