| Main Ref. | Randall, J.E. and H. Senou, 2001 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Anterior nostrils absent; no scales detected; pelvic disc with a frenum; body depth 3.35-3.6 cm SL; head length 2.75-2.8 in SL; head compressed, its width 1.2-1.3 in its depth; caudal fin rounded, shorter than head, 2.9-3.4 in SL; orange in color, the upper part of the head and body abruptly white; fins orange-yellow (Ref. 45340). |
| Ease of Identification | easy to distinguish from other species. |
| 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 | 15 - 15 |
| on upper limb | 4 - 4 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1notched No |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | other (see remark); more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |