 They have a strong, suborbital ridge that extends onto preopercle and ends with a sharp point.The eyes have a diameter of around one third of the length of the head.It has small teeth which are set in in moderate to broad bands in the premaxilla which taper posteriorly and ending well short of ends of the lips; the mandibular band is either 3 or 4 teeth wide at the symphysis, narrowing to 1 row posteriorly and extending to about the end of the lips.