| Main Ref. | Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990 |
| Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
| Type of eyes | eyes with fixed fatty (adipose) tissue/eyelids |
| Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Diagnosis |
Description: Head and upper body brassy, suffused with blue and speckled with small black spots; median fins electric blue; fins of juveniles and the young pale to dusky, except yellow pectorals (Ref. 2334, 90102). Body oblong and compressed, dorsal profile moderately convex to second dorsal fin, ventral profile slightly convex (Ref. 90102). Breast completely scaly. LL scutes 27-42, strong (Ref. 2334, 90102). Pectoral fins falcate; 2 spines detached from anal fin (Ref. 2334). Adipose eyelid weakly developed (Ref. 90102). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 0 - 10 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | 0 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 17 - 21 |
| on upper limb | 5 - 9 |
| total | 22 - 30 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Spines total | 9 - 9 |
| Soft-rays total | 21 - 24 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | 2 |
| Spines total | 3 - 3 |
| Soft-rays total | 17 - 21 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |