| Main Ref. | Fricke, R., D. Golani and B. Appelbaum-Golani, 2014 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: spinous and soft-rayed portions of dorsal fin separated by a gap containing 4 or 5 short isolated spines, which are protruding over the dorsal surface of the body; D XII-XIII,8; pectoral-fin rays 18-20; lateral-line scales 80-83; total gill rakers 26-31; depth of body 16.5-20.2% SL (Ref. 96673). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 80 - 83 |
| 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 | 26 - 31 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 12 - 13 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 11 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 18 - 20 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |