| Main Ref. | Schwarzhans, W., 2014 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | angular |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This small species (<10.5 cm TL) is distinguished by the following characters: pelvic fin rays 8 (7-9); pectoral 12-13; D1II,6-7; gill rakers 17-20; long barbel 40-46% HL, reaching vertical through rear end of orbit; orbit 35-38% HL; rounded snout, barely protruding, short 15-19% HL; posterior luminescent lens round, ventral striae extending to near periproct: compressed otolith, otholith length to height (OL:OH) is 0.95; colliculi separated, small; pseudocolliculum small, total colliculum length to pseudocolliculum length (TCL:PCL), 1.8-2.0 (Ref. 98298). |
| 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 | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 17 - 20 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 7 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 9 |