Distinctive Characters: Body depth 3.2–3.8 in SL; interorbital width 13.3–15.2 in SL; both jaws with a single row of well-developed conical teeth and a pair of canine teeth near symphysis; bands of villiform teeth on inner part of upper jaw only; a short U-shaped light organ embedded in muscles between pelvic fins, its anterior edge not reaching level of pelvic fin insertion; scales on body weakly ctenoid; pelvic fin spine smooth. Colour: Upper part of head and back pinkish red; opercle and lower half of head and body silvery white; small black dots on ventral surface