| Main Ref. | Chernova, N.V., 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 | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: Long-finned, slit-eyed careproct with horizontal mouth and silvery coloration of belly and peritoneum; snout large, bluntly truncated; mouth slit reaches vertical of eye center; deep rostral fold; eye 25-28% of head length (HL) (juveniles goggle-eyed), small longitudinally oval pupil, 1/6-1/9 eye diameter; gill opening 1.0-1.2 eye diameter; opercular lobe rounded; teeth even, similar in size; interorbital space wide 56-57% HL; greatest body depth 90-100% HL; cuplike disc 20.5-21% HL (Ref. 41470). |
| 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 | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 59 - 61 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 54 - 56 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 49 - 51 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 29 - 32 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |