| Main Ref. | Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999 |
| Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | protruding genital papilla (m) |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Females possess a genital pore (Ref. 34024). Males possess a pair of blade-like major claspers that lies just within the lateral wall of the clasper chamber (Ref. 51044). |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Diagnosis |
Description: Characterized by yellow to reddish color; eye 2.2-3.3% SL; depth of body at anal fin origin 16.3-21.4 (mean 19.3)% SL; anterior nostril high on snout, about half distance from lip to anterior rim of eye; two pairs of small pseudoclaspers; outer, broad based; inner with two lobes; presence of preopercular pore; small embedded scales on cheeks, opercle and occiput covers head; snout tip with cirri (Ref. 90102). |
| 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 | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 10 - 19 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 10 - 12 |
| total | 41 - 45 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 75 - 88 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 0 - 0 |
| Soft-rays total | 59 - 69 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 21 - 26 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |