| Main Ref. | Premananda, N., L. Kosygin and B. Saidullah, 2015 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: deep body (depth at dorsal-fin origin 21.0-26.8 % SL, at anus 17.1-18.2 % SL); deep caudal peduncle (8.4-9.3 % SL); narrow head (width 72-82 % HL); short dorsal-fin spine (14.6-15.8 % SL) shorter than depth of body immediately ventral; short pectoral-fin (20.6- 23.9 % SL); thoracic adhesive apparatus with U-shaped median depression opening caudally; dorsal-fin spine with 6-7 serrae posteriorly; pectoral-fin spine with 8-10 serrae posteriorly; nasal barbel extending to middle of orbit; skin densely tuberculate, cream mid-dorsal stripe, extending from behind dorsal-fin base to caudalfin base; and distinctly pale nuchal plate elements (Ref. 103415). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 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 | 4 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 9 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 36 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 |