| Main Ref. | Myers, R.F., 1991 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Yellow tail and yellow spots on body scales that form dotted lines (Ref. 48635). Description: Characterized by brown to greyish brown color grading to yellow on caudal fin; anterior lateral line scales 22-32; predorsal scales 16-26; depth of body 25.7-30.5 % of SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 30 - 47 |
| Scales in lateral series | 33 - 42 |
| 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 | 11 - 15 |
| on upper limb | 4 - 7 |
| total | 15 - 22 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 24 - 27 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 14 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |