Diagnosis: tooth patches broad; obliquely angled pectoral fins positioned low on body; 43-45 vertebrae; 9-11 anal-fin rays; eyes round; body relatively darkly pigmented; larger specimens with dusky pectoral and pelvic fin rays (Ref. 44050).

Description: relatively deep head; broad snout and mouth (in dorsal profile); jaws roughly equal; 18-20 abdominal vertebrae; 23-26 caudal vertebrae; 19 caudal-fin rays (arrangement ii-7-8-ii) (Ref. 44050).

Coloration: body and head bicolored; dorsum and flank medium brown; venter pale tan or off-white; throat bears a scattering of dark pigment; dorsum and flanks well-marked with dark spots (some 1-2 eye diameters large); few, if any, spots on venter or anal or caudal fins; caudal fin in adults pigmented in the same shade as the flank ground color, with pale distal margin; caudal fin also with pale basal crescent in smaller specimens; caudal saddle and bar pattern faint and poorly developed; saddle in juveniles only slightly darker than flank ground color, covering dorsal half of caudal peduncle, merging with caudal bar; pale interspace, when present, hardly differentiated from flank ground color, quite narrow, only covering ventral half of caudal peduncle; pectoral fin dusky, particular in larger specimens; pelvic fin of adults dusky (Ref. 44050).