More specifically, their geographic range spans from Red Sea and east coast of Africa (except Kenya), including Madagascar to the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and further east to southeast Asia and Australia but they do not appear to occur in the central or eastern Pacific.

[2] They have neither dorsal spines nor anal spines but display 11–13 dorsal soft rays (total) and 10–11 anal soft rays.

Body is cigar-shaped, rounded or slightly compressed.

The tips of the dorsal and pectorals and the lower caudal lobe are blackish.

[2][3] This species is found on muddy bottoms and trawling grounds.