| Main Ref. | Kottelat, M., 1998 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Unusually large genital papilla; males with a long conical papilla, while females with a flat, leaf-shaped papilla with a small projection at the tip. A unique combination of the following characters: head width 11.6-15.4% SL, head depth 8.2-9.9% SL, pelvic fin length 7.5-9.6% SL, length of dorsal fin base 0.8-1.9% SL, depth of caudal peduncle 6.2-7.6% SL, and principal caudal fin rays 14-16 (Ref. 41525). Dark brown body; dorsal surface purple; stomach light gray; all fins are light gray (Ref. 40516). Eye circular (Ref. 43281). |
| 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 | 7 - 9 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 53 - 58 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 4 - 4 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 57 - 73 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 9 |