| Main Ref. | Costa, W.J.E.M., 2002 |
| 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 | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | cycloid scales |
| Diagnosis |
Having greenish golden vertical lines on body side and vertical golden lines on dorsal fin . Dorsal head profile slightly convex to nearly straight in male, gently concave to approximately straight in female (Ref. 42934). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 28 - 31 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 10 - 10 |
| on upper limb | 3 - 3 |
| total | 13 - 13 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 31 - 31 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 18 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 19 - 24 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 6 |