This species is distinguished from the other four Barathronus species with a transparent peritoneum by the following set of characters: D 78, A 69, pectoral-fin rays 21; vertebrae, precaudal 33, total 78; vomer with eight fangs; anterior gill arch with 25 long rakers; predorsal length 42% SL; absence of pair of bulbs at base of penis; with a ventral flexure of anterior vertebrae; fresh or newly caught specimen overall yellowish to white reddish and lack of black pigment both in skin and peritoneum; otolith oval, 1.7 times as long as thick and with small centrally placed undivided sulcus (Ref. 121928).