| Main Ref. | Arunachalam, M., M. Muralidharan and P. Sivakumar, 2007 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body spindle-shaped and subcylindrical, and head anteriorly compressed. Other diagnostic characters include scaleless abdomen, horizontally placed pectoral and pelvic fins, 35-36 scales along the lateral line series, dark brownish spots in the predorsal region and along the sides of the body, relatively bigger head, deeper body and smaller mouth; hump-like shape in the predorsal region of bigger specimens (Ref. 75068). Description: Dorsal fin iii,8; Anal fin ii,5; Pectoral fin v,11-12; Pelvic fin ii,7 (Ref. 75068). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 32 - 36 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 35 - 36 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 4 - 4 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 3 - 3 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 10 - 10 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |