| Main Ref. | Xie, Z.-G., C.-X. Xie and E. Zhang, 2003 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Can be distinguished from all other congeners by having the following combination of character: last simple dorsal-fin ray well-ossified; a snout shorter than eye diameter; lateral line scales 56-64; circumpeduncular scales 18-21; eye diameter 27.1-31.6% HL; anal fin with 24-28 branched rays; originating opposite to or slightly in advance of posterior end of dorsal-fin base, basal length 27.0-31.1% SL; pectoral fin reaching to or slightly beyond pelvic-fin insertion (Ref. 55894). Description: Dorsal fin with 3 simple and 7-8 branched rays; anal fin with 3 simple and 24-28 branched rays; pectoral fin with 1 simple ray and 13-16 branched rays; pelvic fin with 1 simple ray and 8 branched rays (Ref. 55894). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 56 - 64 |
| Pored lateral line scales | 56 - 64 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 11 - 12 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 6 - 7 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 18 - 21 |
| Barbels | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |