This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers on frst gill arch, upper series 19-21 (modally 20), lower series 26-28 (27) (lower series), total 46-49 (47); gill rakers on second gill arch, upper series 13-15 (14), lower series 22-26 (23), total 36-41 (38); gill rakers on third gill arch, upper series 11-12 (11), lower series 13-15 (14, 15), total 24-27 (25); gill rakers on fourth gill arch, upper series 8-10 (8), lower series 10-13 (11), total 18-22 (19); prepelvic scutes 4-7 (4); upper jaw long, its posterior tip is slightly short of or just reaching to posterior border of preopercle; predorsal scutes absent; pelvic scute no spine; posterior border of preopercle convex, rounded; parietal and occipital regions with distinct paired dark patches; dorsum no dark lines; no black spots below eye and lower-jaw tip; body relatively deep, 19.5-21.1% (mean 20.3%) of SL; anal-fn base is short, its length 19.0-20.1% (19.7%) of SL; caudal peduncle is relatively long, its length 18.4-19.8% (19.0) of SL; posterior tip of pelvic fn reaching to third to ffth dorsal-fn ray base (Ref. 128118).