Dorsal-fin spines 12-14, usually 13; segmented dorsal-fin rays 16-18; total dorsal-fin elements 29-31; anal-fin spines 2, segmented anal-fin rays 20; segmented caudal-fin rays 13 (9 branched, once); pectoral-fin rays 13-15 (14, rarely 13 or 15); total premaxillary teeth 34-37; total dentary incisoriform teeth 26-29; minute posterior canine usually present on each dentary; upper jaw teeth immovable or nearly so; continuous tubular portion of lateral line short, followed by several unconnected, bipored tubes, posteriormost tube lying below vertical from base of 7th-12th dorsal-fin spine; median supratemporal commissural pores 3; fleshy median crest on top of head absent; 1 (rarely 2) simple supraorbital cirri; on posterior nostril, cirri on anterior rim absent to multifid and absent on posterior rim; on anterior nostril, cirri on posterior rim 1-3 and 0-3 (usually 1) on anterior rim; nuchal cirri present; nape cirrus a simple flap; dark spot between first two dorsal-fin spines absent; eye diameter <30 mm SL; max. size 3.24 cm SL (Ref. 69212).