Rarely seen as it remains buried in sand until it emerges at night to spawn and die soon after.  Protruding lower jaw, juveniles pink with small eyes embedded in clear tissue, pectoral fins absent; mature females and males with larger eyes, dark brown and white below, becoming yellow toward the tail, caudal rays black, pectoral fins larger in males.  Attains 18 inches.  Endemic to Hawai'i. 

The specimen illustrated was collected by Lois Crozer on 11/24/2022.  It washed ashore dead on Lanikai Beach, Oah'u, with a Portuguese Man-'o-War tentacle choking its neck.  It appears to be an young adult based on color, length of 9 inches, and eyes still embedded in clear tissue, it also has small pectoral fins.