Depth 5? head 4, width 1 2/5 to l|. Snout convex, not longer 
than eye; eye 5 to in head, in interorbital; maxillary extends 
partly below eye; mouth begins level with upper part of eye; upper teeth 
pluriserial, small, acute, outer row little enlarged, and lower with both 
outer and inner rows little enlarged; cheek with 2 longitudinal grooves 
and united by 3 to 5 transverse crests; preopercular spine curved. 
Scales 42 to 45 in lateral series; 11 to 12 transversely between 
soft dorsal and anal; 40 predorsal forward to snout. Cheek posteriorly, 
preopercle and opercle scaly, smaller scales on cheek and preopercle. 
Interorbital, occipital and nuchal scales small. Scales on caudal and 
anteriorly on body little or not smaller than others. 
D. VT - I, 8 or 9, second to fourth spines longest, obtuse, over 
twice in body depth; soft dorsal higher than first dorsal, lower than body 
depth, angulate behind; A. I, 8 or 9? like second dorsal; caudal obtusely 
rounded, longer than head without snout; pectoral rays 15 or 16, obtusely 
rounded, longer than head without snout; ventral rays I, 5? little shorter 
than pectoral. Anal papilla compressed, oblong, elongate. 
Body above reddish or brownish green, below greenish-golden. 
Iris green, pupil edged golden. Fin membranes brownish, purplish or clear 
