Body oblong, moderately compressed. Orbit diameter greater than both snout length and interorbital width. Maxilla covered with scales; posterior margin of maxilla extending slightly beyond a vertical through posterior margin of adipose eyelid; depth of posterior portion of maxilla less than eye diameter; lower lip well-developed. Villiform teeth on vomer, palatines and ectopterygoids; width of palatine plate much wider than that of ectopterygoid. All pectoral- fin rays unbranched; posterior tip of pectoral fin just short of a vertical through posterior tip of depressed pelvic fin. First pectoral filament shortest, first and second filament not reaching to posterior tip of depressed pelvic fin; third filament extending beyond anus; fourth filament reaching to midpoint of anal-fin base; fifth filament longest, extending well beyond midpoint of caudal peduncle; sixth pectoral filament extending slightly beyond midpoint of caudal peduncle. Thickness of second to fourth spine bases in first dorsal fin similar. Length of second dorsal-fin base slightly longer than that of anal-fin base. Distance between origins of pelvic and anal fins less than head length. Lateral line simple, extending from upper end of gill opening to upper end of lower caudal-fin lobe. Swimbladder simple, well developed.