Species: Daector schmitti, Schmitt's toadfish

Daector schmitti Collette, 1968

Schmitt's toadfish

Body elongate, compressed, tapering to rear; head robust, flattened on top; relatively wide between eyes (7.1-7.7% of SL); hair-like filaments on head and body more numerous than on D. reticulata, generally extending below under-eye canal of head and below lateral line on body, reaching on back as far as 8th ray of second dorsal fin; mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting; teeth canine like; operculum with 1 hollow, venomous spine at upper corner; snout to pectoral distance 36.7-37.1% of SL; 2 dorsal fins, first of two hollow, venomous spines;  dorsal rays II + 22; anal rays 21; pectoral rays 15-16; last dorsal and anal rays separate from caudal fin; pelvic fin length 18.9-20% of SL; single lateral line; without light organs; no scales.