| Main Ref. | Smith, M.M. and P.C. Heemstra, 1986 |
| Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Body covered with prickles (Ref. 559). Dark bars on side of head and below pectoral fins; juvenile specimens from the Pacific with longitudinal dark stripes on belly (Ref. 4919). Description: Characterized further by pale grey to brown body color, grading to white on ventral surface; pectoral fin base surrounded by large yellowish-brown to nearly black spot; black-edged yellow tail; sometimes with mottled pattern; short and obtuse snout, 2.2-2.4 in head length; bony interorbital width 2.6-3.1 in head length; rounded caudal fin, length about 2.6-3.6 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| 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 | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 17 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes suppressed/absent |
| Position | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 0 - 0 |