| Main Ref. | Suvarnaraksha, A., 2013 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Male with hammer head-shaped suborbital flap and stiff first branched pectoral-fin ray with numerous rows of unculi on upper surface; pectoral-fin length slightly longer or same length as head (vs. shorter in female); tip of pectoral fin length reaches pelvic-fin origin (vs. not reaching in female); some females have a small groove in same position as the suborbital flab in male; males with fewer lateral blotches (in large individuals), changing to longitudinal stripe along lateral line and with a more slender body; male body depth/body width at dorsal-fin origin 1.4-2.1 (vs. 0.9-1.6 in female); pelvic-fin/SL 4.3-5.0 in males (vs. 4.6-5.4 in females (Ref. 94424). |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: lateral line incomplete with 62-83 pores, reaching between anal-fin origin and anal-fin tip; absence of axillary lobe on pelvic-fin base; male with hammer head-shaped suborbital flap (Ref. 94424). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 62 - 83 |
| 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 | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |