(Family):Head large with many spines; infraorbital stay developed; caudal fin not forked. (Genus):Dorsal spines 12; dorsal soft rays less than 10; lateral-line scales with tube and pore; cranium robust with supraocular and postocular spines; no occipital pit; body covered with ctenoid scales; lateral line complete reaching caudal fin base; pectoral rays unbranched; a part of preorbital bone overlapping maxillary, with 2 spines; supplemental preopercular spine present. (Species):Dorsal soft rays 9〜10; pectoral rays 19〜20; snout length almost equal to orbit diameter; 3rd dorsal spine not elongated.
Distribution:
From Venezuela to Suriname. Deepest catch record about 400 m deep (Eschmeyer, 1965b). (Uyeno and Sato)