| Main Ref. | Welsh, S.A. and R.M. Wood, 2008 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Gape width 3.7-6.1% SL; preorbital blotch adjoined to or narrowly separate from anterior orbital rim; and pelvic fins not falcate; cheek scale rows 4-14, modally 11; opercle scale rows 2-13, modally 4; mid-lateral blotches 8-14, modally 10; anal-fin rays 12-16, modally 14; dorsal-fin spines 10-17, modally 14; scales below the lateral line 7-14, modally 9 (Ref. 74948). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 77 - 96 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 6 - 10 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 7 - 14 |
| 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 | 10 - 17 |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 15 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 16 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |