Species: Girella simplicidens, Gulf opaleye

Girella simplicidens Osburn & Nichols, 1916

Gulf opaleye

Body oval, moderately compressed;  head blunt, short; mouth small, square, lips thick, opens at the front; the top jawbone slips partially under the under-eye bone when the mouth is closed; teeth incisiform, bases set horizontally in mouth, with curved, hockey-stick shape, outer band of large movable teeth with flattened, 1 pointed tips; no teeth on central roof of mouth; dorsal fin continuous, XIV spines that fold down into a scaly groove, 14; anal rays III, 12; spines on fins short, thick; dorsal and anal fins with angular tips; tail straight, angular tips; paired fins are relatively short; origin of the pelvics behind the base of the pectoral fin; scales small, thick and rough, covering the body, head (except the snout) and soft portions of the median fins; scales in midlateral series about 50.