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形態特徵:
體長圓而側扁。頭大。吻長。眼大。D. VII-I,9;A. II,8; P. 13; Ll. 24-25;Tr. 2/7;GR.(1)3+1+9-10(3-5);Pred. S. 4;HL. 2.47-2.56;BD. 5.13-6.72 in SL;ED. 3.05-3.56;SnL 3.21-3.79;IS 5.09-6.54 all in HL。浸泡酒精後,體色淡黃;腹部較暗。由吻尖端到尾鰭基底有一黑色暗帶;尾鰭基底有一暗斑點且位於縱帶之略上方;第一背鰭前三棘之末稍帶黑色;背鰭、臀鰭亦各有一黑色細線平行基底;胸鰭透明。本種和Pristiapogon snyderi、P. fraenatus極類似。 然彼此可以藉極小的形態差異和體色區別。其中P. snyderi在體色和背鰭基底有較暗的顏色;而另外兩種其尾柄之圓點位置有別;P. exostigma之圓點位於側線終止之稍上方,而P. fraenatus則恰位於側線終止之中央。