Description: Characterized by having variable colors: mottled white, grey, yellow, pink and brown; sometimes covered with spots that resemble pores of sponges; tiny illicium (less than 4% of SL); partially hidden illicium and esca in groove on mid-dorsal line of snout; skin bounds second and third dorsal spines to surface of head; low protuberances on top of head and neck; no caudal peduncle, posterior margin of dorsal and anal fins connected to base of outermost caudal fin rays (Ref. 90102).