| Main Ref. | Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Gray to nearly black to bright spotted with patterns; usually a wavy line extending along back, separating dark portion from lighter spots that continue onto dorsal fin (Ref. 43939). Caudal fin rounded. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 2 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 64 - 70 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 59 - 66 |
| Soft-rays total | 0 - 0 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | other (see remark); confluent |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 41 - 45 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes suppressed/absent |
| Position | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 0 - 0 |