| Main Ref. | Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and F. Uiblein, 2015 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: presence of a dark band running postero-ventrally from the eye almost to the hind edge of the operculum and with two black blotches on the dorsal fin, one anteriorly and the other about halfway to the caudal fin; pelvic fins inserted below preopercle; prepelvic length 13.0-14.5% SL; scale rows between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line 14-16; anterior gill arch with four long rakers; pseudobranchial filaments 29-33; pectoral-fin rays 24-26 (Ref. 98314). |
| 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 | 16 - 17 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 15 - 15 |
| total | 52 - 54 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 96 - 97 |
| Soft-rays total | 72 - 73 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 24 - 26 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 2 - 2 |