Body elongate, compressed. Head large, wide, depressed. Snout 
long. Eye very small, high, just before middle in head length. Maxillary 
not quite reaching eye. Mouth very oblique, large, lower jaw protruding . 
Cheeks full. Six upper rows of teeth, outer upper row enlarged, strongly 
curved back. Lower teeth with outer row of few widely spaced, enlarged, 
conic, followed by 3 rows of minute teeth. Scales small, in 85 or more 
lateral series and 55 predorsal. Scales cycloid, extend on pectoral and 
caudal. Head scaled, except snout tip, lips and ventral surface of head. 
Radiating from eyes, also extending longitudinally and verti cally oxi ^ 
numerous lines of very minute papillae. First dorsal with 5 spines, 
second with spine and 10 rays. Anal with spine and 8 rays. Caudal broad, 
rounded, shorter than head. Paired fins narrow, short. 
One species in the Philippines. 
