Body covered with prickles (Ref. 559) and with large black spots (Ref. 4919).

Description: Characterized further by having variable pattern, often pale grey with dark patches around eye and on snout; top of snout with white bar across; widely scattered black spots; sometimes with little amount of yellow color on head and body; small spinules on head and body except around mouth, caudal peduncle and variable area of back, more developed spinules on ventral surface; short snout, length 2.0-2.5 in head length; rounded caudal fin, length 3.0-4.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).