| Main Ref. | Kottelat, M., 1990 |
| Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | other |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | always different colors between mature adults |
| Remarks | Males have filamentous dorsal and anal fin rays; a few large external conical teeth on each jaw at the corner of the mouth; genital papilla of males is short, slightly conical, tube while that of the female is bilobed. |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all other members of the genus by the combination of the following characters: 20-26 anal rays; 9-12 dorsal rays; 31-32 scales in lateral row; body depth 25-31% SL; and color pattern of male in life with greyish brown head and body with diffuse dark brown blotches irregularly dispersed on body and always with a row of 5-9 larger blotches more or less irregularly organized above axial stripe (Ref. 26687). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 31 - 32 |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 12 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 20 - 26 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |