| 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: genital papilla located immediately posterior to anus; gonads opens at end of fleshy prominence. |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosed by the following characters: anterior and posterior nostrils separated by short distance; anterior nostril elongated into barbel-like structure; tip of anterior nostril extending middle of posterior nostril; caudal fin rounded; body and belly completely with scales; incomplete lateral line with 6-8 pores; cephalic lateral-line system with 7 supraorbital, 4 +7 infraorbital pores; exhibits sexual dimorphism with males having genital papilla located immediately posterior to anus; gonads opens at end of fleshy prominence (Ref. 75196). Description: D iii,6-7; A ii,5; P i+10; V i+6 (Ref. 75196). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 6 - 8 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| 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 | 34 - 37 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 |