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Picture number 3 shows a close up of the scales. Taxonomy according to Yabumoto & Brito, 2016. Yabumoto & Brito 2016, p. 234: "The locality and horizon of the type specimens are not precisely known. Available information is that the locality lies in the area of Noe Bihati, West Timor, Indonesia." Diagnosis in Yabumoto & Brito 2016, p 234: "Whiteia with the following combination of characters: with five to ten sparse long ridges on scales, nine rays (seven anterior long and two posterior short) on the first dorsal fin, pointed denticles on the anterior fin rays of the first dorsal fin, operculum with many tubercles, postparietal with many pits and short radial grooves, angular with radial grooves and other bones of the head smooth, without tubercles." Line drawing of the holotype by Yabumoto & Brito, p. 235: A.b = basal plate of anal fin; D1.b = basal plate of first dorsal fin; D2.b = basal plate of second dorsal fin; L = lung; P.b = pelvic bone. Identified by oilshale using Yabumoto & Brito, 2016. Reference: YABUMOTO, YOSHITAKA AND BRITO, PAULO M. (2016) A new Triassic coelacanth, Whiteia oishii (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from West Timor, Indonesia. Paleontological Research, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 233–246.