D1 IX; D2 I/11; P120; P2 I/5; A 12. Body color brownish above, dull white
below. Spinous dorsal fin and end of caudal fin blackish: soft dorsal fin with
brown spots on rays. Body depressed; top of head with ridges bearing
spines; supraorbital ridges with a moderate number of spines: preopercular
spine long and strong, reaching on to base of pectoral fin. Villiform teeth in
both jaws. Two dorsal fins. Caudal fin slightly rounded.