ABSTRACT
Body oblong, depth less than head length and contained 2.8–3.5 times in standard length. Head length 2.6–2.8 times in standard length. Gill rakers 7–9 on upper limb, 13–16 on lower limb (including 4–7 rudiments on each limb). Dorsal fin with 9 spines and 14 rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 8 rays; pectoral-fin rays 17–19, the middle rays longest, contained 1.6–1.8 times in head length; pelvic fins usually not reaching anus, pelvic-fin length 1.4–1.8 times in head length; caudal fin lunate, upper and lower lobes produced, about twice the length of middle rays; branched rays 15. Midlateral-body scales ctenoid, without auxiliary scales; lateral-line scales 66–76; lateral-scale series 109–127.
