| Main Ref. | Allen, G.R., 1975 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
| 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 |
Description: Adult body greyish brown, head and anterior body vertical bars alternating brown and white on ventral side, pelvic fins white (Ref. 90102). Juveniles dark posteriorly with large black ocellus at mid-base of dorsal fin, on large adults, bars on head become brown and lower anal fin becomes yellow (Ref. 37816). Small juveniles bright yellow with black band, gradually changes to an all black posterior body when adult (Ref. 48636). Body depth 1.7-1.9 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 15 - 16 |
| Pored lateral line scales | 15 - 16 |
| 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 | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 22 - 24 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 13 - 13 |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 14 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic beneath origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |