| Main Ref. | Jiménez Prado, P. and P. Béarez, 2004 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Description: Dorsal charcoal, grey or black, ventral paler or silver; vertical bars 6-7 narrow dark greyish, sometimes faint, separated by lighter spaces; mouth blue black; tongue, palate, and floor of mouth white or cream. Body oblong and compressed; profile, dorsal more convex than ventral. Snout widely rounded. Ventral area of chest up to origin of pelvic fins scaleless. LL scutes strong 23 to 40. (Ref. 55763, 90102) |
| 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 | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 13 - 17 |
| on upper limb | 5 - 8 |
| total | 19 - 24 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 9 - 9 |
| Soft-rays total | 25 - 30 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 19 - 22 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |