| Main Ref. | Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 2005 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body with 5-7 irregular dark vertical bars; opercle with a pair of vertical parallel reddish bars; presence of broad chin-bar, merging with anterior part of second postorbital stripe, forming a triangular dark mark below eye; anal-fin rays 27-29; lateral scales 28 1/2-30; total length 131.6-142.3% SL; caudal peduncle depth 13.1-16.3% SL; body depth at dorsal-fin origin 23.2-27.1% SL; pelvic fin length 28.1-38.4% SL; dorsal-fin base length 9.6-12.5% SL; interorbital width 6.3-9.9% SL (Ref. 56386). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 28 - 31 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 15 - 16 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 7 - 7 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 28 - 29 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 0 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 8 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 2 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 24 - 26 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position before origin of D1 | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |