| Main Ref. | Baliarsingh, B.K., L. Kosygin and 2017 Swain, 2017 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners by a the following set of characters: poorly developed callous pad behind the lower lip, not sharply delimited posteriorly; snout with many prominent horny tubercles; head deep (depth at occiput 57.2-75.0% HL); body stout and deep (depth at dorsal fin origin 19.6-25.0 % SL); mouth narrow (23.5-28.6% HL); eye visible from ventral side of head; lower lip rounded; simple pectoral fin rays 3-4; lateral line scales 33-35 (Ref. 128955). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 33 - 35 |
| 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 | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 3 - 4 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |