| Main Ref. | Jégu, M., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 2003 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | more or less normal |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Presence of a black distal margin well defined on the caudal fin. Dorsal with 20 to 23 branched rays. Anal with 32 to 34 rays. 23 to 29 prepelvic serrae, 5 to 6 supraneurals in front of the dorsal and 39 to 41 + CP1 vertebrae of which 15 to 16 + CP1 behind the last pterygiophore of the dorsal. Elongated body shape (55 to 70% of LS) and the eye diameter is reduced (6.3 to 12.9% of LS). The dorsal base is short (28.8 to 33% of LS). The adipose fin is rectangular and its base is long (4.3 to 6.2% of LS). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 81 - 92 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 32 - 34 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 40 - 41 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 20 - 23 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 32 - 34 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 |