Description: Grey with dusky fins. When small or sub-adult with pale scale centers forming horizontal lines along scale rows. Soft parts of dorsal and anal fins elongated anteriorly, resulting in near vertical rear margins. Snout more angled down compared to other species (Ref. 48636). Head dorsal profile protuberance on anterior of upper side of eye; maxillary reaches to posterior of front of eye. Body depth 2.3-2.8 in SL, HL 3.4-3.7 in SL. Dorsal fin soft rays elevated higher than spines, spinous base longer than soft part, longest spine 1.3-1.7 in longest soft ray (Ref. 90102).