| Main Ref. | Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2001 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body and head greyish brown with 4 vertical dark brown bars. Vertebrae 35-37; adipose-fin base length 23.9-26.7% SL; pectoral-spine length 10.3-12.9% SL; dorsal-spine length 9.4-12.5% SL, body depth at anus 18.4-20.8% SL; snout length 31.9-36.9% HL; and interorbital distance 29.3-31.9% HL (Ref. 44354). |
| 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 | 5 - 6 |
| on upper limb | 3 - 3 |
| total | 8 - 9 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 35 - 37 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 9 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |