| Main Ref. | Hutchins, J.B., 1997 |
| Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Elevated anterior portions of the soft dorsal and anal fins. Several dorsal and ventral caudal rays elongate and filamentous. |
| Striking features | striking shape of body |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
| Diagnosis |
Body width 2.0-2.8 in head length; body depth 1.9-3.0 in SL; head length 2.6-3.0 in SL; snout length 3.5-4.1 in SL; eye diameter 2.8-4.8 in head length (Ref. 33065). Description: Characterized further by first dorsal spine origin above posterior half of eye; second dorsal and anal fins elevated anteriorly; convex dorsal profile of snout in male, usually with prominent hump just in front of nostrils, slightly convex to straight in female and juvenile; rounded to double emarginate caudal fin, upper and lower lobe filamentous in male; depth of body at origin of anal fin 1.9-3.0 in SL, become more elongate with increase of growth (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification | likely to be confused with closely related species. |
| 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 | 20 - 24 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 19 - 19 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 25 - 30 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 24 - 29 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes joint to one spine only |
| Position thoracic behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 0 - 0 |