Genus Cetonurus G ü nther, 1887

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— A distinctive genus owing to its large, soft, globose head, fully scaled including branchiostegal rays (and gular membrane in some specimens); enlarged scales along dorsal-fin interspace and anterior portion of 2D; interrupted lateral line; BR 7; large periproct region spanning most of the short space between V and A; and serrated spinous 1D ray.

REMARKS.— Two species recognized, one in our area; genus reviewed by Sazonov and Shcherbachev (1985).