(Family): Body slender, more or less compressed laterally. Gular plate present. Fins without spine. Pectoral fin abdominal. Caudal fin deeply forked. Pseudobranchiae present. Branchiostegal rays 23〜35. Lateral line present. Suprapremaxillaries 2. Premaxillaries not protractile. (Genus): Last dorsal ray prolonged. Scales small; lateral-line scales 95〜120. Orgin of ventral fin beneath or posterior to origin of dorsal fin. Pseudobranchiae developed. (Species): Lateral-line scales 102〜120. Gill rakers on lower arm of 1st arch 10〜15.
Distribution:
This species known from Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and northern South America.
Remarks:
This species known from western Atlantic. This species differs from other members of the genus by its meristic characters. (Uyeno and Aizawa)