| Main Ref. | Paulin, C. and C. Roberts, 1992 |
| 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 |
Head and body uniformly brown with a darker blotch on the gill cover. Forehead with a pale stripe. Dorsal and anal fins with orange tips. Distinguished from other rockfishes by its small size, undivided lower lateral line and the single pair of pores on the chin. |
| 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 | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 12 - 14 |
| Soft-rays total | 3 - 4 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 14 - 15 |
| Soft-rays total | 3 - 4 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 18 - 21 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |