| Referencia principal | Teugels, G.G., 1986 |
| El aspecto se refiere a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órganos especializados | no special organs |
| diverso aspecto | males alike females |
| diversos colores | males alike females |
| Observaciones |
| Características llamativas | none |
| Forma lateral del cuerpo | elongated |
| Sección transversal | circular |
| Perfil dorsal de la cabeza | more or less straight |
| Tipo de ojos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/hocico | more or less normal |
| Posición de la boca | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | scales embedded or partly/completely absent |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: head short (Ref. 248), its length 18.3-20.6% SL (Ref. 81644), small and rather rounded in dorsal outline (Ref. 248). Eyes dorsally located; frontal fontanelle extremely short and oval-shaped; occipital fontanelle oval-shaped; "dermosphenotic" and supraorbital bones joined and well developed (Ref. 248). Tooth plates relatively broad (Ref. 248), width of premaxillary band 26.2-29.7% HL, width of vomerine band 24.5-26.5% HL (Ref. 81644). Pectoral spine slightly curved (Ref. 248), strongly serrated on posterior face, weakly serrated on its anterior face (Ref. 81644). Gill rakers long, slender and distantly set; suprabranchial organ well developed (Ref. 248). Oenings of secondary sensory canals regularly placed along flanks (Ref. 248, 81644). Description: dorsal fin (base length 69.4-73.2% SL) and anal fin (base length 53.8-56.8% SL) relatively long (Ref. 81644). Coloration: preserved specimens: uniform colouration; back, flanks and upper parts of paired fins pale brown, ventrum and lower parts of paired fins creamy white; caudal fin with a pale distal band; dorsal and anal fins with a pale submarginal band (Ref. 81644). |
| Facilidad de identificación |
| Líneas laterales | 1 interrumpido: No |
| Escalas en la línea lateral | |
| Escalas de la línea lateral con poros | |
| Escalas en las series laterales | |
| Filas de escalas sobre la línea lateral | |
| Filas de escalas debajo de la línea lateral | |
| Escalas alrededor del peduncule caudal | |
| Barbillas | 0 |
| Hendiduras branquiales (solamente tiburones/rayas) | absent |
| Branquispinas | |
| en el miembro inferior | |
| en el miembro superior | |
| total | 14 - 15 |
| Vértebra | |
| preanal | |
| total | 66 - 69 |
| Cualidades | extending over most of the back length |
| Número de las aletas | 1 |
| número de pínnulas | Dorsal 0 |
| Ventral 0 | |
| total de espinas | 0 - 0 |
| Total de rayos suaves | 82 - 85 |
| Aleta adiposa | absent |
| Cualidades | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Número de las aletas | 1 |
| total de espinas | |
| Total de rayos suaves | 67 - 74 |
| Pectoral | Cualidades more or less normal |
| espinas 1 | |
| Rayos-suaves 9 | |
| Pélvicas | Cualidades more or less normal |
| posición abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| espinas | |
| Rayos-suaves 6 |