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enlarged pore just before the posterior nostrils. Three vertical rows of 

 papillae on side of head beneath the eye, extending ventrally and closely 

 approaching the papillae on the ventral surface of the lower jaw. These 

 vertical rows crossed by a longitudinal row at about their mid-depth. 

 Longitudinal row branched anteriorly, the lower branch consisting of a 

 few scattered papillae extending anteriorly around the inner edge of the 

 upper jaw and the second branch curving obliquely upward around the 

 anterior edge of the eye to the base of the posterior nostril. These two 

 branches united anteriorly by a short row of papillae extending upward 

 from the inner edge of the lip around the outer edge of the anterior nos- 

 trils and joining the upper branch close to the posterior nostrils. The pos- 

 terior vertical row of papillae beneath the eye has a short branch extend- 

 ing backward, then bending sharply upward and forward at a sharp 

 angle to the posteroventral edge of the eye. 



A transverse row of papillae crosses the interorbital at the posterior 

 edge of the eye and extends laterally to about the mid-depth of the eye, 

 thence bending sharply backward and extending posteriorly across the 

 upper edge of the preopercle and opercle. From this dorsal longitudinal 

 row a short branch extends downward toward the upper end of the pre- 

 opercular papillae, but does not unite with it. Anterior edge of opercle 

 with a single row of papillae which curves upward and backward around 

 the edge of the opercle. Several short, horizontal rows of papillae on 

 either side of the mid-line of the nape. 



Color in alcohol light buff with longitudinal rows of close-set, roughly 

 square, dark spots along the back and sides. Each irregular spot formed 

 by an aggregation of minute black punctations. Anteriorly and dorsally 

 the dark spots unite to form transverse bands across the nape and before 

 the dorsal origin ; several paratypes have these transverse bands continued 

 past the dorsal origin, becoming fainter posteriorly. Spinous dorsal pale, 

 with three slightly oblique, dark bars. The first bar lies at the base of the 

 anterior dorsal spines. The second bar slopes downward and backward at 

 the mid-depth of the fin, and the third bar lies just below the distal edge 

 of the fin. The distal bar sometimes broken into irregular dark spots 

 and blotches. Soft dorsal pale with dark, steeply oblique bars. Anal 

 similar to soft dorsal, but more faintly marked. Caudal fin pale. Pec- 

 toral fins light, narrowly barred with brown, base of pectoral with an 

 elongate, brownish blotch. Dorsal aspect of head behind eyes dark, be- 

 coming lighter on cheeks and opercles. Interorbital light, shading into 

 slightly darker snout. Underside of head pale. 



