Order: perciformes
Family : mullidae
Body moderately elongate &moderately compressed;
Chin with a pair of slender barbels which reach posterior to rear margin of preopercle, t ; mouth small,
maxilla not reaching front edge of eye; villiform teeth in a band in jaws;
no teeth on roof of mouth.
Two well-separated dorsal fins, the
first with VIII slender spines (initial spine very small), and the second with 9 soft rays;
anal fin with I spineand 7 soft rays;
pectoral-fin rays 16 to 18.
Lateral-line scales 33 to 36;
5 rows of scales between dorsal fins..
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