Dorsal soft rays 14-17; Anal soft rays 13-17; Vertebrae 51-56. Prolonged, beak-like lower jaw, shorter than head length, The upper jaw short, scaly, blunt and rounded; preorbital ridge present; posterior branch to preorbital lateral line canal present. The gill raker count on first arch 26-39; dorsal fin rays 14-17; anal fin rays 13-17. Caudal fin forked, with lower lobe longer than upper.