| 主要參考文獻 | Randall, J.E. and V.C. Springer, 1973 |
| 形態描述的性別 | 雄性; 雌性 |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| 特殊器官 | |
| 不同的外表 | different morphology in juveniles and adults |
| 不同的顏色 | |
| 附註 |
| 顯著的特徵 | none |
| 側面體型 | fusiform / normal |
| 橫切面 | compressed |
| 頭部背面描繪 | more or less straight |
| 眼的類型 | more or less normal |
| 口/吻尖的類型 | more or less normal |
| 口的位置 | terminal |
| Type of scales | cycloid scales |
| 鑑別 |
Juveniles with 3 broad black stripes from head to caudal fin where the stripes merge; with growth, lower stripe disappears, upper stripe is less distinct; black caudal fin becomes entirely yellow in adults. Head scales small. Lips thick and fleshy, forming a short tube when mouth is closed. Caudal fin rounded to truncate; pelvic fins rounded. |
| 鑑定難易度 |
| 側線 | 1 打斷: No |
| 側線上的鱗片 | 34 - 39 |
| 側線上鱗片數 | |
| 側生系列的鱗片 | |
| 側線上的鱗片列 | |
| 側線下的鱗片列 | |
| 尾梗周圍的鱗片 | |
| 觸鬚 | 0 |
| 鰓裂 (僅限於鯊魚/ 魟魚) | |
| 鰓耙 | |
| 在下肢上 | |
| 上枝鰓耙 | |
| 總數 | 6 - 8 |
| 脊椎骨 | |
| 肛門前 | 10 - 10 |
| 總數 | 25 - 25 |
| 屬性 | extending over most of the back length |
| 鰭數 | 1 |
| 離鰭號碼 | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| 棘總數 | 9 - 9 |
| 軟條總數 | 9 - 10 |
| 脂鰭 | absent |
| 屬性 | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| 鰭數 | 1 |
| 棘總數 | 2 - 2 |
| 軟條總數 | 9 - 11 |
| 胸鰭 | 屬性 more or less normal |
| 脊椎 0 | |
| 軟條 12 - 14 | |
| 骨盤的 | 屬性 more or less normal |
| 位置 thoracic behind origin of D1 | |
| 脊椎 | |
| 軟條 |