| Main Ref. | Kodeeswaran, P. and J. Praveenraj, 2020 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| 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: caudal fin slightly truncate with 17 (9+8) total principal caudal rays, the 5th and 13th branched rays are greatly prolonged as filaments; discontinuous dorsal fin, the interdorsal space about the width of orbit diameter; second dorsal and anal fin are not elevated anteriorly; gill rakers 7+17; no black bar at base of pectoral fin; orange horizontal stripe on posterior body to caudal fin base (Ref. 123270). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 168 - 169 |
| 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 | 17 - 17 |
| on upper limb | 7 - 7 |
| total | 24 - 24 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 27 - 27 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 27 - 27 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 22 - 23 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 4 - 4 |