| Main Ref. | Ho, H.-C., S.-Y. Tsai and H.-H. Li, 2019 |
| 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 by the following characters: light organ duct extending to beyond the anterior margin of eye; most similar to Lestidium atlanticum but differs by having relatively more prehaemal vertebrae (37-40 vs. 36-37), with a shorter snout (snout length 9.7-10.4 vs. 10.4-11.5% SL), shorter jaws (upper jaw 8.6-10.1 vs. 9.9-11.3% SL; lower jaw 11.9-13.7 vs. 13.5-14.8% SL) and with a relatively deep head (head depth 31.2-33.9 vs. 27.6-31.5% HL) (Ref. 121637). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 56 - 60 |
| 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 | 26 - 40 |
| on upper limb | 8 - 13 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 79 - 83 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 26 - 30 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |