Drab brown in color, tip of tail yellow (Ref. 3257). Median fins restricted to the end of the tail (Ref. 3257).

Description: Characterized by body depth at gill opening 15-20 in TL; anus anterior to middle of body; preanal length 2.3-2.4 in TL; one prominent lateral-line pore on head above level of gill opening; jaws with two rows of teeth; small teeth in outer series, close-set, slanting backwards; well-spaced, long, slender teeth of inner-series, depressible canines; lower jaw teeth extending only about two-thirds length of jaw; intermaxillary with two very long depressible canines (Ref. 90102).