| Main Ref. | Allen, G.R. and Hidayat, N. Erdmann, 2020 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
The species of Choeroichthys is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 16, A, 4, P 11; without keels on scutella; total body rings is 40 (15 trunk rings + 25 tail rings); subdorsal rings is 3.75; snout relatively short with its length 2.8 in head length, snout depth 2.4 in snout length, head length 7.1 in SL. Colouration: live color similar to preserved, mainly dark brown with noticeable white bars ventrally on the lower jaw and radiating from the eye; white spots and short bands along the edge of the gill opening (Ref. 123125). |
| 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 |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 16 - 16 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 4 - 4 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |