| Main Ref. | Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 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 | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
With the following unique combination of characters: presence of four mandibular barbels; head length 19.4-20.8% SL, head width 13.9-16.4% SL; , vomerine teeth present in a single crescentic band; 51-54 anal fin rays and gill rakers 2+5 or 3+4 (Ref. 41525). |
| 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 | 7 - 7 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 53 - 53 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 4 - 4 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 51 - 54 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 8 |