| Main Ref. | Zhu, Y., Du L.-n., X.-y. Chen and J.-x. Yang, 2009 |
| 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 |
Can be differentiated from all other congeners of the Yunnanilus pleurotaenis group by the following characters: body completely covered by scales, except between pectoral fins and pelvic fins; lateral line with 15-20 pores; dorsal fin with 8 branched rays; pectoral fin with 13-14 branched rays; the air bladder with two chambers, the anterior ones into bony capsules and a large free posterior chamber, filling body cavity; caudal fin slightly emarginated; body depth 3.9-4.6 times the standard length (SL); head length 4.1-4.4 times SL; caudal peduncle depth 7.5-9.0 times SL; eye diameter 5.5-6.7 times the head length (HL); interorbital width 2.2-2.4 times HL (Ref. 80969). |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 9 |