Body deep, slab-sided; greatest depth 17.4% SL. Head narrow, length 23.2% SL. Eye small, in
dorsal half of head in shallow depression above bifid suborbital spine. Origin of dorsal fin over origin of pelvic fin.
No axillary lobe on pelvic fin. Small fleshy lobe at origin of pectoral fin.
Scales on top of head, cheek and opercle; body completely covered with minute, partially embedded scales.
Lateral line complete, ~200 scales along lateral line; no tubules along lateral line. Mouth horseshoe-shaped; upper