| Main Ref. | Okamoto, M. and H. Motomura, 2013 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: no opercular spine; ribs on the last abdominal vertebra reduced or absent; tongue toothless; no maxillary mustache-like process; tubercle on inner symphysis of lower jaw; total gill rakers 21-22; vertebrae 10 + 15; pored lateral-line scales 46-48 + 3-4; D VII-I,10; pectoral-fin rays 19-20; pyloric caeca 8-10; orbital diameter 14.5-15.4 % SL; length of lower-jaw 16.0-17.6 % SL (Ref. 93890). |
| 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 | 21 - 22 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 10 - 10 |
| total | 25 - 25 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 19 - 20 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |