| Main Ref. | Balushkin, A.V. and Spodareva. V.V., 2013 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | angular |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners in the long-barbeled plunderfish in the mentella group by the following set of characters: long mental barbel (68.0-70.0% of HL), sarment-shaped with a thin terminal expansion (esca width 5.9-8.1% of barbel length) composed of rows of short and flattened incubous processes; large number of anterior teeth in the lower jaw near symphysis (19-30 left, 21-31 right) arranged in two or more rows; seismosensory system canals on the top of the head have very small pores; weakly developed internasal organ. Colour of peritoneum light, almost white, with rare pigmental macules (Ref. 95071). |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 18 - 18 |
| total | 39 - 39 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 31 - 31 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 17 - 17 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 20 - 20 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |