| Main Ref. | Burhanuddin, A.I., Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino and S. Kimura, 2002 |
| 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 | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | other (see remarks) |
| Position of mouth | superior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body extremely elongated, ribbon-like. Top of supraoccipital crest situated vertically above posterior margin of eye. Very slightly pigmented on upper part of anterior dorsal fin membranes. Posterior margin of preopercle indistinct because it is almost embedded below membranes, but anterior margin of preopercle very visible because it clearly projected externally. First anal fin spine base situated below 32nd-35th dorsal fin ray base. (Ref. 44252). |
| 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 | 14 - 22 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 147 - 155 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 127 - 132 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | pointed; confluent |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 100 - 110 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |