The mouth is equipped with large teeth shaped like compressed canines which are well separated and arranged in 1-2 rows along the sides of the roof of the mouth with a patch of smaller teeth in the middle. The margin of the preopercle is smooth and the rear of the gill cover has two flattened points. The dorsal fins are high, obviously separate and have seven weak spines in the first dorsal fin and 1 weak spine and 14 soft rays in the second dorsal fin, The anal fin has three weak spines and twelve soft rays.
The mouth is equipped with large teeth that resemble compressed canines, which are widely separated and arranged along the roof of the mouth. There's a patch of smaller teeth in the middle. The margin of the preopercle is smooth, and the rear edge of the gill cover has two flattened points. The dorsal fins are tall, clearly distinct, with seven weak spines in the first fin and one weak spine and fourteen soft rays in the second fin. The anal fin contains three weak spines and twelve soft rays.