| Main Ref. | Pietsch, T.W., 2009 |
| 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 |
Characterized by having relatively short head; short illicium; short and broad subopercular bone, without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 23.1-27.9% SL; ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.42-0.52; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; teeth in upper jaw 31-33, lower jaw teeth 38-40; vomer with 4-6 teeth; dorsal fin rays 5-6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 18; head length 33.1-39.5% SL; head depth 40.0-51.2% SL; premaxilla length 27.3-32.6% SL; lower jaw length 38.0-50.0% SL; illicial length 16.1-22.1% SL (Ref. 86949). |
| 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 | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 5 - 6 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 4 - 4 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 18 - 18 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |