| Main Ref. | Ng, H.H. and M.H. Sabaj, 2005 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all congeners in having highly elevated supraoccipital spine and nuchal plate. Differs further from congeners in having a unique combination of the following characters: highly contrasting light brown patches on a chocolate brown body; lack of filamentous extensions to the first pectoral-fin element; presence of 5-6 serrations on the posterior edge of pectoral spine; eye diameter 6-9% of head length; branchiostegal membranes meeting at isthmus ventrally; outer mandibular barbels reaching middle of pectoral-fin base; and rounded tubercles on the tip of the snout and dorsal surface of neurocranium (Ref. 55975). Description: Dorsal-fin rays I,4,i or I,5; Anal-fin rays iii,5,i, iv,5,i, or iv,6 ; Pectoral fin rays I,7 or I,6,i; Pelvic fin rays i,5. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | 8 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 6 - 6 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 34 - 35 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |