| Main Ref. | Ivantsoff, W. and L.E.L.M. Crowley, 1999 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | no special organs |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | other (see diagnosis) |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | cycloid scales |
| Diagnosis |
No teeth on palatines. Origin of dorsal fin at or up to 2 scales in front of vertical through ventral tips. Midlateral band silvery with a line of small dark dots above and minute black dots on row of scales below. Description: Characterized by having 14-18 predorsal scales; body depth about 5.0 in SL; large eye, 2.2-2.4 in head length; upper jaw extending just beyond vertical at front edge of eye; jaws and vomer with minute teeth, none in palatines (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 0 - 0 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 36 - 38 |
| 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 | 22 - 24 |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 6 - 8 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 12 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 15 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |