Body well elongated, slender, compressed. Head small, short. 
Snout short. Eye rather large, In advance of middle in head. Maxillary 
reaching eye. Mouth large, subvertical, lower jaw protruded. Some of 
teeth long, and small canines present. Chin with long flat barbel, 
4 
followed by 3 smaller ones. Intercrbital low. Gill openings wide. Gill 
rakers long slender. Isthmus narrow'. Psendobranchiae present. Head 
naked. Body covered with minute, cycloid, separated, and partly em¬ 
bedded scales. Dorsal with 6 spines and 25 rays, spines not produced. 
Anal like soft dorsal. Caudal with upper and lower rays ending in long 
filaments. Paired fins moderate, ventrals entirely separate and with 
spine and 4 rays. 
An interesting genus, with mental barbels and caudal filaments 
outstanding charac ters. 
