| Main Ref. | Tan, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2009 |
| 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 | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Dorsal fin concave, first branched ray reaching at most base of last one; dorsal fin with 11½ branched rays; body slender, depth 27.2-29.8% SL; tip of snout with several very small tubercles; snout length 10.3-11.6% HL; caudal peduncle depth 11.5-12.7% SL, 1.35-1.65 times in its length; tip of first branched anal-fin ray not reaching base of caudal fin; all fins pale yellowish brown; black midlateral stripe faint and inconspicuous in large adults, and with irregular edges; and lateral stripe extending to tip of medium caudal rays (Ref. 81211). |
| 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 | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |