D1 X/14; D2 absent; P1 19; P2 I/5; A III/15. Body color red to purplish red,
lighter below. Pelvic fins black or partly black, no spots but usually a dusky
margin to dorsal, anal and caudal fins. Bars sometimes present on body. Body
stocky and compressed: eyes large. Mouth oblique, the lower jaw prominent.
Caudal fin feebly crescentic. Scales small.