Description: Characterized by having variable shades of grey and brown color; pectoral fins with faint bands; cheek and pectoral fin base with reddish hue; greyish inner surface of pectoral fin, pale axil with large white spots forming hexagonal pattern; very short first dorsal spine close to others, usually less than one-half the second spine; anal spines difficult to distinguish from soft rays; lowermost pectoral ray free of membrane; poorly developed head spines; two short spines on lacrimal directed downward, longer posterior spine than anterior; depth of body 3.0-3.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).