A combination of two characters: lack of caudal peduncle keel, presence of large lateral scutes.

Pelvic girdle present with one spine and one small soft ray on each side.

Dorsal spines 8–11, inclined alternatively to left and right.

Last spine slightly longer than the others, which are relatively uniform.

Dorsal soft rays 6–10; anal soft rays 6–9; gill rakers 9–11; bony scutes 29–32 with 7–12 large lateral scutes; total vertebrae 29–31; precaudal vertebrae usually 13.