| Main Ref. | Tsuruoka, O., S. Maruyama and M. Yabe, 2008 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species possess the following characters: small head, its length 31-33% SL, depth 13-17% SL; flat and narrow interorbital space, its width 5.6-7.2% HL; basal length of anal fin 30-34% SL; scales on pectoral-fin rays and ventral surface of head and trunk absent; no nuchal cirrus; some scales below lateral line have filamentous cirri; D1 IX-XI (mode X); D2 13-15 (mode 14); A 13-14 (mode 14); lateral-line scales 31-33 (mode 32); vertebrae 12 + 20-22 (mode 12 + 21)=32- 34 (mode 33) (Ref. 76844). |
| 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 | 32 - 34 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 9 - 11 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 15 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 3 - 3 |