Neobythites Goode and Bean 1885

Neobythites Goode and Bean 1885: 601 (type species Neobythites gilli Goode and Bean 1885, by monotypy).

Diagnosis. Body short with tapering caudal part covered with small, cycloid scales; lateral line more or less distinct; snout most often blunt, rarely pointed, equal in length to horizontal diameter of eye window; opercular spine strong and pointed; hind margin of preopercle with 0 to 2 (rarely 3) spines; median basibranchial tooth patches 2; pseudobranchial filaments 1–8; anterior gill arch with 6–34 long rakers; pectoral fin rays 22–34; pelvic fin with 2 rays; precaudal vertebrae 11–14; large variation in color patterns with some species without ocelli and dark blotches, some with one to more ocelli on dorsal fin and some with horizontal and vertical, dark bands on body and fins.