| Main Ref. | Balushkin, A.V., 2013 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | 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 belonging in the albipinna group by the following set of characters: mental barbel with a long (61.2-65.2% of barbel length) terminal expansion composed of densely packed, brain-like convolutions; fins dark basally, light distally; dorsal lateral pores (tubular scales) 26-28; gill rakers on first gill arch 19 (Ref. .94147). |
| 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 | 19 - 19 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 27 - 28 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 18 - 18 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 21 - 21 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |