| Main Ref. | Gosse, J.P., E.J. Coenen and G.G. Teugels, 2003 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | no special organs |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: body depth 3.9x and head length 3x SL; 32 lateral line scales; lateral line reduced to 5 anterior scales; 11 anal fin branched rays; 14 dorsal fin branched rays; narrow, black longitudinal band interrupted above anal fin, extending from gill cover to middle of caudal peduncle (Ref. 2936, 86396). Description: round snout, smaller than eye; maxilla not reaching to below anterior eye margin, with 3 teeth at its upper angle; adipose fin absent; each jaw with two rows of teeth, those in outer row bicuspid, those in inner row conical; caudal peduncle 1.5x long than high; (Ref. 2936, 86396). Coloration: alcohol preserved specimens pal and with brown longitudinal band from gill cover to centre of caudal peduncle where it becomes much paler, the upper margin of this band running through the centres of lateral-line scales; fins colourless (Ref. 2936, 86396). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 5 - 5 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 32 - 32 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
| Barbels | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |