| Main Ref. | Ho, H.-C., B. Russell, K. Graham and P.N. Psomadakis, 2019 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species of the S. rothschildi species complex is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal fin is situated far posteriorly, at about vertical through anal-fin origin; preanal length 73.2-79.9% SL; dorsum before dorsal fin with six saddles; on abdominal ridge before pelvic fin with 4 saddles; horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and dorsal fins 96.3-105.3% horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and anal fins; vertebrae before dorsal-fin origin (DFO) 57-58 and before anal-fin origin 56-58; vertebrae between pelvic-fin origin (VFO) and DFO 17-19; lateral-line scales before DFO 56-68 and before AFO 57-58 (Ref. 121607). |
| 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 | 56 - 58 |
| total | 89 - 91 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 32 - 34 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |