Body oblong and compressed. Two barbels on chin. Snout blunt and short. Posterior end of upper jaw reaching to below anterior margin of eye. Interorbital space narrow and concave. Teeth small and conical; anteriorly 2〜3 rows, posteriorly in a single row in upper jaw and in 3〜4 rows in lower jaw. No spines on opercle. Caudal fin forked. Body olivaceous red dorsally, silver-white ventrally; a longitudinal yellow stripe on body; dorsal fin with several olive lines; upper lobe of caudal fin with 4〜5 olive lines, the lower lobe with 4〜5 black lines.
Distribution:
From Florida to Brazil.
Remarks:
This species is separable from other Atlantic goatfishes by no spines on the opercle, 7 spines in the first dorsal fin, and concave interorbital space.