Author: Taverne, 1971
Body moderately elongate to short and moderately deep; head rounded, snout short, blunt, mouth subterminal to inferior; posterior nostril much closer to rim of eye than to anterior nostril and well separated from it (compare genus Petrocephalus ); base of dorsal fin slightly shorter than anal, anterior fin-rays longer following rays. Usually dark coloured.
Species and subspecies:
Pollimyrus adspersus
Pollimyrus brevis
Pollimyrus castelnaui
Pollimyrus isidori
Pollimyrus isidori isidori
Pollimyrus isidori fasciaticeps
Pollimyrus isidori osborni
Pollimyrus macroterops
Pollimyrus maculipinnis
Pollimyrus marchei
Pollimyrus nigricans
Pollimyrus nigripinnis
Pollimyrus pedunculatus
Pollimyrus petricolus
Pollimyrus plagiostoma
Pollimyrus pulverulentus
Pollimyrus schreyeni
Pollimyrus stappersii
Pollimyrus stappersii stappersii
Pollimyrus stappersii kapangae
Pollimyrus tumifrons