| Main Ref. | Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah, 2025 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | circular |
| 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: body with numerous longitudinal wrinkles, with more than five longitudinal wrinkles on the posterior part of eye; head length 5.7-7.2% TL; tail length 65.7-67.5% TL; with two protrusions along the upper lip (rarely 1 on one side); dorsal-fin origin behind pectoral-fin tip by less than one pectoral-fin length; SO 1 + 3; POM 4-6 (usually 5) + 2; teeth on maxilla uniserial initially, becoming biserial posteriorly; vomerine and dentary teeth are biserial anteriorly, uniserial posteriorly; total vertebrae 195-199, MVF 15-63-197 (n = 9). Colouration: body bicolored; dorsal fin dark with a narrow margin entirely, anal fin pale except ending (Ref. 133101) |
| 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 | |
| total | 195 - 199 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |