Body elongate, compressed. Head obtusely truncate. Snout very 
short, Mouth v/ell inclined, lower jaw prominent. Teeth in jaws slender, 
with 4 canines above. Gill openings narrowly separated. Branchiostegals 
6. Head scaly above. Body with small ctenoid scales. Dorsal with 6 
spines in first fin and spine and 2 5 rays in second fin. Anal with spine 
and 28 rays. Ventral with spine and 4 rays. Dorsals partly continuous, 
rayed fin more than twice longer than spinous fin. Caudal obtusely convex. 
Paired fins moderate. 
Malaya. Sleeker comments on the simple rays of the second dorsal 
and anal fins, the truncate head somewhat elevated in front, very short 
vertical mouth, fin formula and rounded caudal as principal characters. 
