Description
Body and head deep and compressed; the small mouth is terminal; protrusible jaws with bands of slender, movable, brush-like teeth; the scales are ctenoid and cover the soft rays of the vertical fins; dorsal fin with 7-11 spines separate from the soft rays; anal fin with 3 short spines separate from the soft rays.
Distribution
Family containing 2 species of marine fishes that live inshore of reefs or over rocky bottoms.
Species included on this CD-rom:
Drepane punctata (Linnaeus)