This large bristle shark is distinguished by the following set of characters: preanal length, 58.1-62.1% TL; pre-first dorsal length, 50.5-53.4% TL; prenarial length is moderately long, 4.0-5.2% TL; head is depressed, its height 0.6-1.1 times its width; mouth is moderately wide, its width 9.0-11.4% TL; lower labial furrows is distinctly longer than uppers (uppers 1.4-2.0% TL, lowers 2.0-2.8% TL); anal-fin is moderately large, its base 11.0-12.0% TL, posterior margin, 5.4-7.4% TL; pectoral–pelvic space, 21.2-26.1% TL; teeth in 102-106 files in upper jaw and ca. 94-101 lower jaw; vertebrae: monospondylous centra, 45-47; precaudal centra, 95-101; total centra, 133-143; body uniformly medium brown to greyish brown; fins with white margins, variable but mostly broad; (Ref. 130868).