| Main Ref. | Yang, Q., M.-l. Wei, J.-h. Lan and Q. Yang, 2011 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsal fin with 7 branched rays; anal fin with 5 branched rays; pectoral fin with 10-11 branched rays; pelvic fin with 7-8 branched rays; caudal fin with 13-17 branched rays; head compressed; eyes present ; surface of lower lip covered with shallow longitudinal groove; dorsal-fin origin opposite or posterior to vertical line of pelvic-fin origin; caudal peduncle without caudal-adipose keels; edge of caudal fin rounded; scales present; cephalic lateral-line system developed; lateral line incomplete, w with 7-13 pores; a dark brown stripe present along lateral line; posterior chamber of air-bladder developed, extending to nearly pelvic-fin origin (Ref. 87717). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 7 - 13 |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |