| Main Ref. | Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Readily identified by the orange stripes and the white-edged black ocelli in the second dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 48635). Description: Characterized by having a pair of black spots on upper and lower caudal fin lobe; pair of enlarged pores in interorbital space and large pore anteromedially from each posterior nostril; pelvic fins 1.6-1.8 in head length (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 46 - 48 |
| 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 | 19 - 20 |
| on upper limb | 8 - 8 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 8 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 12 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |