| Main Ref. | Hibino, Y., H.-C. Ho and J.-F. Huang, 2024 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| 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: head 10.3% TL; tail 62.7% TL; dorsal-fin origin above about middle of pectoral fin; tip of lower jaw anterior to anterior-nostril base; two simple, distally pointed protrusions along upper lip; SO 1 + 4; POM 6 or 7 + 3; uniserial teeth on jaws and vomer but posterior ends of maxilla and anterior end of symphysis biserial; body dark; narrow dark margins on median fins, except the pale fin origins; 14 predorsal and 53 preanal lateral-line pores; VF 12-55-153 (Ref. 133140). |
| 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 | 55 - 55 |
| total | 153 - 153 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |