| Main Ref. | De Weirdt, D., A. Getahun, S. Tshibwabwa and G.G. Teugels, 2007 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | no special organs |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: mouth inferior or subinferior; lips moderately developed, lower lip continuous; two pairs of well-developed barbels of about equal length of 0.67-0.75x eye diameter; lower jaw not reaching to anterior margin of eye; 29-30 scales in lateral line; last simple ray of dorsal fin ossified, not serrated, measuring 0.8x HL; snout 3.5-3.75x HL; length caudal peduncle 1-1.2x its height (Ref. 81639). Description: medium-sized species; scales with parallel striae; scale formula: 4.5/29-30/4.5/2.5/12; D: IV, 9-10; A: III, 5-6; P: 16; V: 10; lateral line complete (Ref. 81639). Coloration: ground color metallic brown, darker dorsally, paler ventrally; scales with dark margins; fins grey-brown (Ref. 81639). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 29 - 30 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 4 - 4 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 4.5 - 4.5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
| Barbels | 4 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 13 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 |