| Main Ref. | Okamoto, M., H. Motomura, K. Hoshino, T. Yanagimoto and T. Saruwatari, 2012 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: 9 dorsal-fin rays 9; 17-19 pectoral- fin rays; ctenoid scales in interorbital space and cycloid scales on belly; origin of the first dorsal-fin spine is slightly posterior to a vertical drawn through supracleithral spine base; posterior tip of pectoral fin do not reach the anal-fin origin; head length 44.4-46.0% SL (Ref. 91153). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 24 - 26 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 8 - 8 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 11 - 12 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 12 - 12 |
| on upper limb | 6 - 6 |
| total | 18 - 18 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 25 - 25 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 5 - 5 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |