*v 
Head broadly depressed. Upper teeth pluriserial, outer series 
above and both outer and inner series below little longer, none canines. 
Scales ctenoid, very small. Muzzle and cheek with numerous cirri. Head 
finely or minutely scaly. Dorsal with 6 spines and 13 rays. Anal rays 
11. Caudal acute. 
Known by its fringed head and variable minute scales. 
