Chin with 2 slender barbels which nearly or just reach rear margin of preopercle.
maxilla reaching to below anterior third of
eye;
villiform teeth in bands in jaws.
First dorsal fin with 8 spines, the first minute; pectoral fin rays 13 or 14 (usually 14);
pelvic fins nearly as long as pectorals.
Lateral line scales 36 to 38;
5½ vertical rows of scales in space between dorsal fins;
12 or 13 vertical rows of scales along upper part of caudal peduncle.
Order: perciformes
Family: mullidae
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