| Main Ref. | Ho, H.-C., S.-Y. Tsai and H.-H. Li, 2019 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: a relatively slender body, its body depth 15-19 times in SL; dorsal-fin origin at about midline of distance between the origins of pelvic and anal fins (V-A), the distance between the origins of pelvic and dorsal fins (V-D) 46.8-55.0% of V–A; pelvic-fin origin (VFO) at or slightly behind the midline of the fish, the prepelvic length 50.6-53.2% SL; vertebrae: prehaemal 32-35, prepelvic 33-35, preanal 53-57, caudal 60-66, total 94-98; lateral-line scales 75-81; the abdomen ridge with broad black margin (Ref. 121637). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 75 - 81 |
| 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 | 23 - 30 |
| on upper limb | 8 - 13 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 94 - 98 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 41 - 43 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 12 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 9 - 9 |