This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: broadly convex hook-shaped flange extending anteriorly from the parietosupraoccipital into the cranial fontanel; teeth on median premaxilla 10; medial teeth on premaxilla 2; scalpelloid teeth 4; dentary teeth 2; posteriorly directed opercular odontodes; opercular odontodes 11-15; slightly forked distal margin of maxilla; free branchiostegal membrane across the isthmus; an anterior osseous flange on the ascending process of opercle; median premaxilla as wide as long; median premaxilla connected to mesethmoid main axis via bilateral dorsal flanges; absence of an anteromedial notch on the mesethmoid; first anal-fin pterygiophore at vertical anterior to haemal spine of 22nd vertebra; vertebrae 38-39; principal dorsal-fin rays 9; parasphenoid being 3× longer than wide; absence of an anteromedial process on autopalatine (Ref. 137619).