| Main Ref. | Roberts, T.R. and M. Kottelat, 1994 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body depth 2.1-2.4 times in SL; relatively narrow vertical bars, the first bar usually not continued onto thorax or across ventral surface of body and the second bar originating at the base of 5th to 6th dorsal-fin spine; usually 11 branched anal-fin rays (Ref. 27732); about 17 scale rows between upper part of lateral line and dorsal base (Ref. 10425). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 80 - 80 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 17 - 17 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 18 - 20 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 12 - 12 |
| Soft-rays total | 16 - 19 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 11 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic beneath origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |