| Main Ref. | Roy, S., D. Ray, A. Mishra, S.S. Mishra and A. Mohapatra, 2023 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | angular |
| 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: opercular spine long and cleithral spine very short; lateral-line scales 56-62; gill rakers 2 (+2 rudimentary) on upper limb and 12-13 (+5-6 rudimentary) on lower limb of first gill arch; bucklers 8-10 (1st and last are united) at the base of first dorsal fin; vertebrae 27. Colouration: a large black blotch between the 4th and 6th spines of the 1st dorsal fin; second dorsal fin with one longitudinal row of small dark pigmentations; inner surface of pectoral-fin with black membranes, white posterior margin and three small white spots basally in fin, each ray creamy white (Ref. 131445). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 56 - 62 |
| 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 | 12 - 13 |
| on upper limb | 2 - 2 |
| total | 14 - 15 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 27 - 27 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 12 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |