| Main Ref. | Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall, 1986 |
| 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 |
GR with additional 3-6 rudiments. Description: Characterized by pale tan color with irregular, brownish red blotches; diagonal brown bar under eye; upper and lower caudal fin base and base of last dorsal-fin rays with dark brown spot with adjacent white spot; 9-19 coarse serrae at upper margin of preopercle; deeply notched dorsal fin between spinous and soft portions; slightly rounded caudal fin; greatest depth of body 2.6-3.1 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 12 - 16 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 25 - 26 |
| 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 | 4 - 7 |
| on upper limb | 1 - 1 |
| total | 5 - 8 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1notched No |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 10 - 10 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 7 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |