| Main Ref. | Geerinckx, T., L. Risch, E.J. Vreven, D. Adriaens and G.G. Teugels, 2007 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: mouth large, rectangular-shaped, width greater than snout length; snout rounded, shorter than mouth width; premaxillary toothband wide, 27-40% HL; occipital process is well-developed; adipose fin large, base contained 5-8 times in SL and measuring 56-100% of the distance between dorsal and adipose fins; maxillary barbel extremely long, extending beyond dorsal spine and, in some individuals, even beyond end of dorsal fin (Ref. 81642). Description: anal fin with 4-6 unbranched and 9-10 branched soft rays (Ref. 81642). Coloration: preserved specimens: greyish on head and dorsum, white on ventrum (Ref. 81642). |
| 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 | 15 - 17 |
| on upper limb | 9 - 11 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 |
| Ventral 0 | |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |