| Main Ref. | Allen, G.R., 2003 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: no scales on preopercle and opercle; dorsal fin soft rays 11-12; pectoral fin rays 16-17; lateral scales rows 44-50, transverse scale rows 15-17, and predorsal scales 23-27; gill rakers on the lower arch of the first brachial arch only 5 (Ref. 77038). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 44 - 50 |
| 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 | 6 - 7 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 9 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 12 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |