This species is distinguished by the following charcters: precaudal vertebrae 15-16, loin vertebrae 2-4, last precaudal vertebrae without ribs; first gill arch with long gill rakers 17-21; pectoral-fin rays 16-18; HL:HD 1.37-1.55; maximal HD:HD through center of eye 1.75-1.90; weak head spines on ethmoidal and interorbital; opercular spine sharp and extruding; opercular flap small; scales on occiput, cheeks, opercle and maxilla; vomer narrow, naked or with few teeth or with one row of teeth; palatines narrow with 2-3 rows of teeth; basibranchial tooth patch small, narrow with 2 rows of teeth; otolith small, 5.0-6.5 % in HL, with single colliculum; OL:OH = 1.14-1.20; OL:TCL = 1.94-2.30 (Ref. 125143).