| Main Ref. | Knight, J.D.M., M. Nallathambi, B. Vijayakrishnan and P. Jayasimhan, 2022 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished (from O. profundicola, O. loxolepis) by the following characters: abdominal vertebrae usually 12, total vertebrae 29-31; D 9-10, A 22-25; transverse scales 10-11; body depth at anal-fin origin 24.8-30.1% SL and at dorsal-fin origin 20.2-25.3% SL; caudal peduncle length 12.0-16.3% SL; distinct nuchal concavity; lateral scales are more-or-less aligned parallel to midlateral stripe; male with elongated-shaped dorsal fin without yellow margin (Ref. 133090). |
| 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 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 22 - 25 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |