Description:

Dorsal spines: 9; Dorsal rays: 20-22; Anal spines: 3; Anal rays: 16-18.
Body strongly compressed and deep with an extremely steep head profile that bears a noticeable bump just in front of the large eyes. Bands of villiform teeth on both jaws 
widen anteriorly. Breast naked ventrally to behind origin of pelvic fins; laterally, naked area of breast extends diagonally to base of pectoral fins. Lateral line with 
anterior, moderate regular arch. Lobe of second dorsal fin elongate and filamentous. Adult males have 3-8 filamentous rays in the middle of the dorsal and anal fins. Pectoral
fins are long and falcate. The caudal fin is deeply forked.
Colour: greenish-blue shading to silvery grey ventrally. A blackish blotch on the upper margin of opercle. Spinous dorsal fin, elongated dorsal-fin rays blackish. 
Filamentous lobe of anal fin either blackish or pale brownish, elongated rays pale brownish. Caudal fin yellowish with dark edge.   
 

Maturity: Lm unknown. Range unknown. Max Length: 32.0 cm TL.

Adults inhabit coastal waters of the continental shelf to 40m depth. The spawning, fecundity, maturity and other life history traits for this species are poorly understood.

This species is not protected or subject to fishery regulations. It is caught in the hand line fishery where it is an occasional and scarce component of the catch.

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