| Main Ref. | Randall, J.E., 2001 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Upper half of body with 7 dusky bars containing 3 or 4 dark brown dots in their lower part, the last 6 as 3 pairs. Below each pair, on lower side, a large dusky blotch. 2 small dark brown spots, one above the other, at base of caudal fin. Anterior rays of soft portion of dorsal fin prolonged and filamentous in large adults), the second to fourth longest, 1.7 to 3.8 in standard length (over the range of 6.7 to 11.4 cm standard length) |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 38 - 65 |
| 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 | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1notched No |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 4 - 5 |
| Soft-rays total | 20 - 24 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 16 - 20 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 21 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |