| Main Ref. | Chen, K.-H. and Liao T.-Y., 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | circular |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: total vertebrae 41-43; absence of free pectoral-fin rays; D2 9-12 (usually 11); A 11-14 (11 or 12); pectoral-fin rays 8-12 (10 or 11); pelvic-fin length more than 50% of pectoral-fin length; AAA distance 4.2-7.2% (mean 5.7%) of SL, 72.1-129.7% (mean 99.9%) of body depth at anus; snout length 39.7-62.7% (mean 52.8%) of AAA distance; pre-anus distance 80.0-92.8% (mean 88.6%) of pre-anal-fin length; anterior-most pterygiophore of anal fin inserted behind the second haemal spine (Ref. 131447). |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 41 - 43 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 12 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 12 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |