BY J. DOUGLAS-OGILBY. 991 



J^eugth of head 3| to 3|, of caudal fin Sf^ to i/,,, height of body 

 31 to 3^^ in the total length. ^ye^Diameter 2^ to 3 in the 

 length of the head; snout obtuse and short, about | of a diameter 

 of the eye; interorbital space flat, | of the same. Occiput slightly 

 concave; jaws equal; the maxilla reaches to the vertical from the 

 posterior fourth of the orbit; it is dilated behind, and possesses a 

 strong median ridge, which however does not extend to the hinder 

 margin. The outer edge of the vertical limb and posterior half 

 of the lower limb of the preopercle finely and evenly seri-ated : post- 

 tempoi*al obscurely so. Teeth — Villiform in jaws, vomer, and 

 palate. Fins — dox'sal spines moderately strong, the first minute, 

 the second from 5 to | of the third, which is the strongest and 

 highest, about f of the length of the head; the origin of the 

 second dorsal is in front of the middle of the total length; its 

 spine is equal to the fifth of the first dorsal, and is about ^ of the 

 length of the head; its soft portion is elongated and pointed 

 anteriorly, its first ray being almost double the length of the spine. 

 The anal commences beneath the third dorsal ray; its second 

 spine is stronger, but not so high as that of the second dorsal. 

 Ventral fins long, reaching beyond the origin of the anal, and 

 about I of the length of the head; the spine compressed and very 

 strong, equal to that of second dorsal. Pectorals long and pointed, 

 reaching to the vertical from the 13th scale of the lateral line. 

 Caudal emarginate. Scales — one or two in front of the first 

 dorsal; between these and the occiput is a naked space, finely 

 striated longitudinally: nine or ten rows of scales between the 

 second dorsal and the base of the caudal. Lateral line — Tubes 

 arborescent on the anterior part of the body, little divided on the 

 tail. Co^owrs— Reddish-brown, darkest above, many of the scales 

 above the lateral line having one or two distinct darker spots: 

 scales of the back and sides with a pale margin, those of the throat 

 and abdomen pale with a dark margin. A black spot, covering 

 two lateral line scales, opposite the middle of the base of the 

 caudal fins. Head brown with golden reflections on the opercles, 

 and a pair of rather obscure dark bands from the snout through 

 the interox'bital space to the occiput. Dorsal, caudal, anal, and 



