| Main Ref. | Arango, B.G., H.T. Pinheiro, C. Rocha, B.D. Grene, R.L. Pyle, J.M. Corpus, B. Shepherd and L.A. Rocha, 2019 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | compressed |
| 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: D XIII,11; A II,11-12; pectoral-fin rays 16-17; procurrent caudal-fin rays 3; tubed lateral-line scales 14-16; gill rakers 4-5 + 14-16 (= 19-20); body depth 2.1-2.2 in SL. Colour of adults when fresh light brown, a silver area on the anterior end, a bilateral black margin along the exterior side of the tail (Ref. 120230). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 3 - 3 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 8 - 8 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 11 - 12 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 14 - 16 |
| on upper limb | 4 - 5 |
| total | 19 - 20 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 10 - 10 |
| total | 25 - 25 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 13 - 13 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |