| Main Ref. | Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen, 2012 |
| 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 |
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: opercular spine ending in 3 prongs; a pair of sub-dermal spines on frontal, behind and above eyes, median sub-dermal ethmoidal spine in front of eyes with forward pointed tip; anterior gill arch with 3 developed rakers (hardly longer than the knobs) and with extremely small filaments; no scales on predorsal but present on median part of body; skin thin and transparent skin; palatines with 1 row of teeth; elongate pectoral peduncle longer than high; vertebrae, precaudal 18, total 54; fin rays, D 92, A 55, pectoral 22 (Ref. 93007). |
| 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 | 18 - 18 |
| total | 54 - 54 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 92 - 92 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 55 - 55 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 22 - 22 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |