| Main Ref. | Arunachalam, M., S. Nandagopal and R.L. Mayden, 2014 |
| 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 | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished by having the following combination of characters: snout rounded in dorsal profile with weakly developed transverse groove; groove with pointed tubercles arranged irregularly but approximately in three rows across; snout not elongated as proboscis; two pairs of barbels, both rostral and maxillary; 36-37 scale rows on lateral line; 16 circumpeduncular scale rows; 4.5/3.5/4.5 transverse-scale rows; well developed scale rows present up to pectoral-fin insertion and embedded scale rows present after pectoral-fin insertion up to pelvic-fin insertion (Ref. 96639). Description: Dorsal-fin rays iii, 8; anal-fin rays ii-iii, 5; pectoral-fin rays i, 14-15; Pelvic-fin rays i, 8 (Ref. 96639). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 36 - 37 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 3.5 - 3.5 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
| Barbels | 4 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 16 - 20 |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |