Description
Neocyema erythrosoma has an elongated arrow-shaped body and grows to a maximum length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in). It is laterally compressed and has a long narrow snout with delicate, fine-boned jaws and small teeth. The eyes are also small and the whole fish is a bright orange-red colour. Muscle bands known as myomeres can be seen through the transparent skin. The skeleton lacks a number of bones that are found in other ray-finned fish; there is no opercular bones or pectoral girdle and only a single branchial arch.
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