| Main Ref. | Du, L.-N., X.-Y. Chen and J.-X. Yang, 2008 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Males with prominent stars from chin to subopercle which are absent in females. |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | other (see remarks) |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosed by the following characters: body and snout elongate; eyes reduced to a black pigment; body without scales; cephalic lateral line system with 2 + 2 supratemporal, 7 supraorbital, 3 + 0 infraorbital and 8 preoperculomandibular pores; incomplete lateral line with 3 pores (Ref. 75196). Description: D iii,10; A ii,7; P i+10; V i+7 (Ref. 75196). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 3 - 3 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | 6 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 8 |