Kumba, Marshall, 1973

Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3), pp. 31-126 : 79

Key to the Species of Kumba in Taiwan

(Adapted from Iwamoto and Sazonov, 1994)

1a. Scaleless areas on dorsal surface of snout extending posteriorly beyond lateral nasal angles; V 9–10; orbit 37–43% HL.......................................... K. punctulata

1b. Scaleless areas on dorsal surface of snout extending posteriorly only to lateral nasal angles; V 10–13; orbit 26–43% HL................................................... 2

2a. No pigment spots along A; barbel short, about 7% HL; orbit 26–27% HL, equal or less than interorbital width; V 10–11..................................... K. gymnorhynchus

2b. Three black pigment spots above mid-length of A; barbel 21–33% HL; orbit 36–43% HL, much greater than interorbital width; V 11–13................................. K. japonica