| Main Ref. | Nielsen, J.G., 1997 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis | |
| 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 | 11 - 12 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 55 - 57 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 72 - 75 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | pointed; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 64 - 65 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 18 - 20 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes reduced to filaments |
| Position jugular before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 2 - 2 |