| Main Ref. | Prirodina, V.P. and A.V. Balushkin, 2007 |
| 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 | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
The caudal part is shorter in proportions. The postanal distance over the body length, and the postanal distance over the ante-anal distance are diagnostic, especially on the field. Other Muraenolepis are quite different. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 2 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 21 - 25 |
| 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 | 15 - 18 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 72 - 75 |
| Attributes | continuous with caudal fin |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 173 - 187 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | other (see remark); confluent |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 126 - 133 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 36 - 39 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes largely reduced to one ray |
| Position jugular before origin of D1 | |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 4 - 4 |