| Main Ref. | Chernova, N.V. and J.T. Eastman, 2001 |
| 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 |
Vertebrae 54-56, dorsal 49-50, pectorals 20-22, caudal 9. Teeth spear-shaped. Symphyseal pores not closely set. Gill opening reaching in front of pectoral ray 2-3. Head 25.5-28% SL, preanal 34.5-35.5% SL. Eye 19-22% HL. Interorbital wide, 54-63% HL. Mouth horizontal, subterminal. Cephalic pores small. Body uniformly pale (pink in life), inside of upper lip pigmented. Peritoneum and gill cavity black, stomach pale (Ref. 39425). |
| 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 | 8 - 8 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 54 - 56 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 49 - 50 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; confluent |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 44 - 44 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 20 - 22 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |