| Main Ref. | Yoshida, T. and H. Motomura, 2020 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| 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 set of characters: D VI-I, 9; A II,8; pectoral-fin rays 13; developed gill rakers 8 or 9 (modally 9); total gill rakers (including rudiments) 15-18 (16); interorbital width 9.1-11.1% (mean 9.8%) of SL; supraneural bones 2; membranous flap at lower corner and along ventral margin of the preopercle; without black band on body below second dorsal fin; with a wide blackish band with reddish suffusion on the caudal peduncle from before midpoint to base of caudal fin (Ref. 123280). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 24 - 24 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 12 - 13 |
| on upper limb | 3 - 5 |
| total | 15 - 18 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 10 - 10 |
| total | 24 - 24 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 2 - 2 |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |