| Main Ref. | Holleman, W., S. von der Heyden and G. Zsilavecz, 2012 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is characterized by the following: D XXXVI-XLI, 4-7 (XXXVIII-XXXIX, 5-6); A II,25-28 (infrequently with 25 rays); pectoral-fin rays13-15 (14-15); pelvic fins I,3, the inner ray thin and closely applied to second ray, third to half length of second ray; vertebrae 17-19 (18) + 32-34; lateral line scales 37-43 + 27-32 (39 or 40 + 28-32, mode 40 + 30); head length 3.2-4.1 [3.7] in SL; eye diameter 2.7-5.6, maxilla 2.0-2.9 [2.4], snout 3.0-4.6 [3.7] in HL; dorsal-fin origin 1.3-2.0 [1.6] in HL; dorsal fin height 8.0-14.3 [10.9] in SL (Ref. 92305). |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 36 - 40 |
| Soft-rays total | 4 - 7 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 25 - 28 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 3 - 3 |