| Main Ref. | Kottelat, M., 2000 |
| 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 |
Lateral line complete, not markedly declivitous anteriorly; 1 scale row between lateral line and pelvic-fin origin; 10-11 predorsal scales; distance between dorsal-fin origin and middle of caudal-fin base equal to distance between anterior margin of eye and dorsal-fin origin; a dark lateral stripe from upper extremity of gill opening to caudal-fin base, somewhat more intense posteriorly, not extending on caudal fin, width 1.5-2 scale rows; narrow light stripe above lateral stripe; body depth 3.6-4.4 times in SL; head length 3.6-4.2 times in SL; anal fin hyaline (Ref. 36949). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 24 - 26 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 4.5 - 4.5 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 3.5 - 3.5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
| 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 | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |