| Main Ref. | Fedorov, V.V., 1995 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | eel-like |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body not elongated, depth 6.5% TL; in the seismosensory system of head, no interorbital or occipital commissure or pores; 3 pores in the postorbital canal on the left (first, third and fourth), 4 pores on the right; lateral line on the body with two branches (mediolateral and ventral); head fairly short, 14.8% TL; preanal distance 30.8% TL; snout long; ventral fins situated far anteriorly on the throat, nearly on the vertical through the middle of the space between the posterior edge of the orbit and the preopercle (Ref. 41674). |
| 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 | 25 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 128 - 128 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 118 - 118 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | pointed; confluent |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 104 - 104 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 17 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position jugular before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |