| Main Ref. | Paulin, C. and C. Roberts, 1992 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Diagnosis |
Dark olive green dorsally, becoming pale on sides, and silvery ventrally. Back and sides striped longitudinally with green lines and small blue dots. |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 68 - 78 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 14 - 15 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 19 - 23 |
| on upper limb | 5 - 8 |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 42 - 46 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1notched No |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 22 - 25 |
| Soft-rays total | 23 - 27 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 17 - 21 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines 0 | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 19 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |