Species: Pseudogramma axelrodi, Axelrod's reef-bass

Pseudogramma axelrodi Allen & Robertson, 1995

Axelrod's reef-bass

Body elongate, compressed; head short, compressed, forehead convex; upper edge of eye with short, broad-based flap; mouth slightly oblique, reaches past rear of eye; dense band of simple teeth on each jaw; preoperculum with thick spine at upper angle, no serrations; operculum without visible spines; gill opening restricted above by fusion of operculum to body, a flap extending back from upper operculum to beyond pectoral base; 15 rakers on 1st  gill arch; dorsal VII (rarely VI), 21-22, spines low, fin base long, end of soft part rounded; anal III , 17-18, long base, end of soft part rounded; pectoral 17-18 rays, rounded; pelvic I, 5, inserted under pectoral base; lateral line in 2 parts, with 35-36 & 18-23 scales on front and rear sections; scales smooth on head & front body, grading into rough posteriorly; inner ½ of dorsal, anal & pectoral covered with scales.