Species: Stellifer species A, Alpha stardrum

Stellifer species A

Alpha stardrum

Body elongate, moderately compressed; head large, low and broad, skull cavernous, translucent, moderately firm to touch, wide between eyes; mouth small, oblique, opens under snout; chin with 6 pores, no barbels; snout with 8 pores; preopercle with 6-9 bony spines at angle lowest are longest;  gill rakers long and slender, 37-40; top corner of gill opening notched; deep notch between spiny and soft parts of dorsal fin, XI + I-II, 22-25; anal fin with short base II, 9, 2nd spine short and stout; pectorals reach to or just before anus; tail fin rounded, = ¾ head length; pored lateral line scales 54-56; rough on body, smooth on head; soft dorsal and anal covered with scales from base to edge; the lateral line extends to the center of the end of the tail fin.