| Main Ref. | Musikasinthorn, P., 2000 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | circular |
| Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
combination of characters: dorsal fin rays 45-47, anal fin rays 28-30, lateral line scales 51-54, cheek scales 8-12, total vertebrae 50-52, two large scales on each side of lower jaw undersurface, pelvic fin length less than 50% of pectoral fin length, upper half of body dark brown to black with 7 or 8 large irregular orange blotches, pectoral fins with a black blotch at base and 5 vertical broad vivid black bands. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 51 - 54 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 4.5 - 5.5 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 11 - 12 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 25 - 28 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 50 - 52 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 45 - 47 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | other (see remark); more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 28 - 30 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |