(Subfamily): Angle of preopercle without a long spine (Corniger with 1 or 2 long spines). Anal soft rays more than 10. (Genus): Dorsal spines 11. Infraorbital bones without spine. Opercular spine not extending beyond opercular mambrane. (Species): Soft dorsal and anal fins covered with scales.
Distribution:
From Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, to northern Brazil, and also tropical West Africa.
Remarks:
This is the only species of this genus in the western Atlantic. (Uyeno and Sato)