| Main Ref. | Orr, J.W., 2021 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from all its congeners described in North Pacific by having a small teardrop-shaped body, with loose thin skin, and anterior dorsal-fin rays buried in tissue; differs from C. spiraki and C. maslenikovae in lacking small, rounded bumps on its body and in having a single chin pore (vs. two chin pores), higher counts of pectoral-fin rays 32-38 (vs. 28-32 in C. spiraki, 26-29 in C. maslenikovae), vertebrae 53-57 (vs. 42-46 and 42-43, respectively), dorsal-fin rays 47-52 (vs. 38-43 and 38-40), and anal-fin rays 43-45 (vs. 32-37 and 32-33) (Ref. 124469). |
| 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 | 4 - 6 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 10 - 11 |
| total | 53 - 57 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 47 - 52 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 43 - 45 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 32 - 38 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |