Description: Characterized by mottled light and dark brown; dorsal rays branched except first 4-15 rays; all anal rays branched; pectoral fins absent; lateral line of eyed side unbranched with 68-71 scales, including 7-8 anterior to upper end of gill opening; absence of caudal peduncle; ctenoid scales; tubular anterior nostril long, extending to anterior edge of eye when laid back; dense zone of pointed papillae on ocular side of snout before anterior nostril; posterior flap on ventroposterior end of operculum with long cirri; numerous cirri on membranous ridge of anterior dorsal and anal rays; depth of body 2.4-2.6 in SL (Ref. 90102).