| Main Ref. | Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor, 2011 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished by having the following characteristics: distinct barbel adjacent to anterior nare; tip of snout with a pair of barbels; mental frenum produced into two prominent barbels; first dorsal fin with no greatly elongate or filamentous spines; D2 I,13-14; side of the body heavily scaled from caudal peduncle extending to or just falling short of axil of pectoral fin; cycloid scales on body; sensory head pores B', C(s), D(s), E, F, H', K', L' usually present (pore C sometimes absent); preopercular pores 3 (Ref. 95098). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 11 - 11 |
| total | 27 - 27 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 11 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 19 - 21 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |