| Main Ref. | Garavello, J.C., H.A. Britski and S.A. Schaefer, 1998 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| 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 |
With 17-20 premaxillary and 14-16 dentary teeth on each jaw element; presence of 2 or more series of ventrally downturned odontodes on anteroventral rostral margin; head and snout deeply sculptured; 3 large and conspicuous odontode crests on supraoccipital: median crest with 3-4 series, lateral crests with 2 series of large odontodes; fourth infraorbital very large and broadly convex, presence of pair of preanal platelets preceded by 2 or more platelets. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 25 - 26 |
| 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 | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |