Stout Jawfish

This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: rigid maxilla with no flexible lamina posteriorly; D XI,11; A II,10; tips of dorsal-fin spines conspicuously pale; dorsum with row of 5 dark blotches, some of which extend distinctly onto dorsal fin; last blotch on dorsal fin much narrower than anterior blotches (Ref. 85161).

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 26