| Main Ref. | Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 2004 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Differs from other members of the species group by the following combination of characters: opercle without second postorbital stripe; eye color yellow when live; anal fin rays 27-29 (mode 28); subdorsal scales 5-6 (mode 5); lateral scales 30-32 (mode 30); predorsal scales 21-23 (mode 22); postdorsal scales 10-11 (mode 11); preanal length 45.8-49.4% SL; head length 31.7-36.4% SL; anal fin base length 50.0-55.8% SL (Ref. 55025). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 30 - 32 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 15 - 17 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 6 - 7 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 30 - 32 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 25 - 27 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 4 - 4 |