| Main Ref. | Albert, J.S. and W.G.R. Crampton, 2003 |
| 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 |
Presence of irregular pale-yellow blotches on chin, behind and under eyes, over opercle, and between eyes; pale yellow bands on body with straight, high contrast margins, as broad or broader than brown bands anteriorly; obliquely oriented hyaline and dark stripes at caudal end of anal fin (Ref. 49716). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 125 - 140 |
| 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 | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 0 - 0 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 190 - 240 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes suppressed/absent |
| Position | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 0 - 0 |