Paralonchurus rathbuni (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)

Bearded banded croaker, Blotched croaker

Body elongate, rounded; back narrow; head low, broad, blunt; snout bulbous, projecting beyond upper jaw;  eye large, 4.3-5.0 in head length; mouth inferior, slightly oblique; teeth in villiform bands, outer row slightly enlarged; chin and lower jaw with row of 9-10 slender barbels along inside; top lip notched; gill rakers small, 12-15; margin of preopercle finely serrated; dorsal with deep notch separating spiny and soft parts, X + I, 28-29, soft part long and low; anal small, with II small spines, 8-9;  pectoral fins short, 1.5-1.8 in head; tail with short blunt central point; pored lateral-line scales 53-55; soft dorsal and anal fins with basal scaly sheath; scales on operculum rough.