| Main Ref. | Zhang, E., S.-P. He and Y.-Y. Chen, 2002 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from its congeners by having a stout caudal peduncle (depth 72.4-82.5% of its length); and the medium sized scaleless midventral region extended slightly beyond halfway from pectoral - to pelvic-fin origin. Further differs in having coarsely crenulated rostral fold with 18-23 indentations on distal margin and small mental adhesive disc (length 66.7-71.4% of its width) (Ref. 49783). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 37 - 42 |
| Pored lateral line scales | 39 - 42 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 5 - 5.5 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 2 - 2 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
| 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 | 10 - 11 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |