| Main Ref. | Freyhof, J., 2016 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its closely related congeners G. amirhosseini, G. mondica, G. persica. G. rufa in having a shallow mental disc completely fused with the chin (vs. mental disc fully developed and structured), tubercles on the head absent (vs. present) and a naked breast and belly (vs. belly covered by scales, breast naked or covered by scales) (Ref. 128956). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 32 - 36 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 17 - 20 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 8 |