| Main Ref. | Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991 |
| 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 | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body depth about equal to head length; mouth narrow and subterminal; 2 pairs barbels, longer than orbit; eye diameter 4 to 4.8 times in head; dorsal spine strong and serrated, its denticles weak and recurved; scales small, 46 or 47 in longitudinal series, transverse scale-rows 9/8; circumferential scales 34; anal scales 2 (Ref. 4832). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 46 - 47 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 5 - 5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 20 - 20 |
| 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 | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 |