Driftfish

Description: D X,24; A III,23 V 7, sp.br. 11 + 1 + 18 (29), amount of caudal fin rim rays 9-11 (table); small scales, easily falling (103 scales go along lateral line of body); snout top (higher than nostrils) and preorbital space without scales; original 'high temples'; body elongated, its height fits within SL approximately five times, and head length fits into SL 3.3 times and is larger than body height; snout relatively long and fits within head length three times; small eye, its diameter fits 5.6 times within head length and 1.9 times within snout length; small mouth; end of upper jawbone does not reach vertical of eye diameter; teeth at vomer and tongue not visible; with palatine teeth; deep groove exists between abdominal and proctal fins; long pectoral fin, its length slightly larger than head length and fits within SL more than three times; antedorsal distance fits 2.8 times within SL; anteanal, 1.7 times; long caudal peduncle, its height fits 1.6 times within length; 9 rays in upper blade of caudal fin; 11 rays in lower blade; gill rakers short, gill raker length fits 2.2 times within gill petal length (Ref. 102053).

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 20 - 23