| Main Ref. | Myers, R.F., 1999 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Description: Adult white, lips yellow, head with horizontal stripes and broken lines greenish black, back with 4-5 stripes brown. abdomen without stripes; pectoral fin base spot black, dorsal, anal, and caudal fins spots brown large (Ref. 48635, 90102). Juvenile with horizontal stripe above eye to soft dorsal fin white, and from head to tail midlateral broad black. Body depth 2.5-2.8 in SL. Caudal fin rounded in juveniles becoming truncate in adult. Dorsal 3rd to 5th spines longest. (Ref. 90102) |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 53 - 56 |
| Pored lateral line scales | 53 - 65 |
| Scales in lateral series | 80 - 84 |
| 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 | 11 - 20 |
| on upper limb | 6 - 8 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 12 - 13 |
| Soft-rays total | 18 - 22 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 18 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |