Species: Lonchopisthus lemur, Ghost jawfish, Palemouth jawfish

Lonchopisthus lemur (Myers, 1935)

Ghost jawfish

Elongate, compressed, tapering body; large bulbous head, eye large, high on side of head; mouth opens at front, large, extends to rear of eye; top jaw with rear end concave, a blunt notch on underside at rear;  gill rakers 12-17 + 26-28; dorsal and anal fins with long bases; dorsal fin X-XI, 12 (11-12); anal fin III, 12 (10-12); pectoral 19-21; pelvics short (16-30% of SL), I, 5, outer 2 rays stout and unbranched, inner 3 rays weaker and branched, fin base before the pectoral; tail fin much longer than head, sharply pointed, 12 (8-13) branched rays, no elongated free central fin rays; 26-33 longitudinal scale rows along body; cheeks scaly, rest of head scaleless; lateral line on front half of body only, high.