| 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 | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: snout acute, longer than or equal to mouth width; premaxillary toothband 16-25%, generally 20% HL; vomerine teeth missing or limited to some isolated teeth, palatine teeth absent; snout longer and head narrower than in C. nigrodigitatus of similar size (Ref. 81642). Description: dorsal fin rather short (25% SL), 1st ray the longest; anal fin with 4-6 soft unbranched rays and 9-11 branched rays (Ref. 81642). Coloration: preserved specimens: head and dorsum dark brown or grey, white ventrally; adipose fin often blackish; black spot behind opercle clearly visible; fins bordered in black (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 - 19 |
| on upper limb | 10 - 11 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 |
| Ventral 0 | |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |