Mogurnda malsmithi Allen & Jebb 1993

Soft-dorsal and anal-fin rays usually 13-14; pectoral fin-rays 15; scales in lateral series 40; vertebrae 15+17-18=32-33; snout relatively short and convex; color in life reddish or brown with midlateral series of relatively large, dark brown blotches and a pair of thin dark stripes radiating from rear lower corner of eye across preopercle.

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 32 - 33