Species: Paralonchurus petersii, Buefin croaker, Peters' banded croaker

Paralonchurus petersii Bocourt, 1869

Peters' banded croaker, Buefin croaker

Body elongate, rounded; back narrow; head low, broad, blunt; snout bulbous, projecting beyond upper jaw;  eye very small, about 9.0-10.0 in head length; mouth inferior, moderately oblique; teeth in villiform bands, outer row notably enlarged; chin and lower jaw with row of 22-24 slender barbels along inside; top lip notched; gill rakers small, 15-16; margin of preopercle finely serrated; dorsal with deep notch separating spiny and soft parts, X + I, 30-31, soft part long and low; anal small, with II small spines, 7; pectoral fins very large, longer than head, reaching to origin of anal fin or beyond; tail margin pointed, the longest rays below middle of fin; pored lateral-line scales 48-51; soft dorsal and anal fins with basal scaly sheath; scales on operculum smooth.