This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongated with tail 1.8, head

14.8, and body depth 69.8 in total length; the tip of lower jaw is between verticals through anterior margin of eye and mid-eye; pores on preopercular 4 and supratemporal 5; jaws with conical teeth, uniserial, a single vomerine tooth; colour of head and breast white, body yellowish brown with numerous small orange-brown spots mainly larger than eye on head and nape but a few spots smaller than a half of eye; VF 54-133 (Ref. 108477).