Species: Stellifer pizarroensis, Pizarro stardrum

Stellifer pizarroensis Hildebrand, 1946

Pizarro stardrum

Body an elongate oval, very compressed; head large, broad, skull cavernous, translucent, very spongy to touch, wide between eyes; eyes large, vertical ovals; snout short, not projecting beyond upper jaw; mouth opens at front, strongly oblique; teeth in villiform bands, those in outer row of upper jaw enlarged; chin with 4 pores, a strong bony crest at front, no barbells; snout with 8 pores; margin of preopercle with 2 strong spines; gill rakers long and slender, 50-57; dorsal rays IX-X + II-III, 20-22, deep notch between spiny and soft parts of dorsal fin; anal fin with short base II, 10-11, 2nd  spine slender, 2/3 length of 1st  ray; pectorals long, pointed, reach past anus; pelvic fins without a filament; tail margin with a short, blunt point; scales rough on body, smooth on head, breast, and fins; smooth scales between lateral line and dorsal origin; soft dorsal and anal fins covered with smooth scales; lateral line pores 45-48.