Glyptophidium macropus Alcock 1894

Prominent head and body with an attenuate caudal part; head bones with large, thin crests; eye equal to or greater than length of snout; opercular spine broad, flat and weak; basibranchial with 2 median and a pair of tooth patches; long gill rakers on anterior arch 36 to 41 (Ref. 34024). Caudal fin rays 8-10; stem of pseudobranchial filament pale, filaments 10-15 (Ref. 34024).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 117 - 125; Analsoft rays: 90 - 102

Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).