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maxillary 133; bony interorbital space 27; postorbital length of head 

 157; snout tip to dorsal origin 243, to anus 474, to pelvic insertion 259; 

 longest ray of first dorsal 137, second dorsal 137, third dorsal 157, 

 pectoral 325, pelvics 251, anal 145, caudal 235. 



The following counts were made: Dorsal IV-XIV-9; anal II, 19; 

 pectoral iii,6,vi; pelvics 1,2-1,2; branched caudal rays 5+4; pores in 

 lateral lines 14+22, and vertical scale rows 36; scales in a zigzag row 

 around caudal peduncle 8; orbital tentacles 1 on each eye; 2 scales 

 between lateral line and base of second dorsal, and 3 scales between 

 posterior lateral line and front of base of anal fin. Head 2.9; depth 

 5.5; longest pectoral ray (tenth from dorsal edge) 2.9; snout tip to 

 anus 2.3; all in standard length. Snout 4.1; eye 3.1; postorbital 

 length of head 2.1; least depth of caudal peduncle 4.5; greatest depth 

 1.9; all in length of head. Bony interorbital space 3.5 in eye. 



Body scaled; scales on head behind orbits, on preopercle, opercle, 

 base of pectoral, and on breast in front of anus; no scales on median 

 fins except a few at base of caudal; two lateral lines, upper one 2 scale 

 rows below base of spiny dorsals and ending opposite bases of fourth 

 or fifth from last dorsal spines; posterior lateral line begins in second 

 scale row below rear end of anterodorsal lateral line and continues as 

 notched scales along midlengthwise axis of body; gill membranes free 

 from isthmus, broadly connecting across isthmus; three separate dorsal 

 fins; mner ray of pelvics longest; first unbranched and enlarged lower 

 pectoral ray longest, notably reaching nearly to rear base of second 

 dorsal; last dorsal and last anal rays membranously free from caudal 

 peduncle; vertical line through first dorsal origin passes through base 

 of pelvics; vertical line through anal origin passes through base of 

 eighth spine of second dorsal; maxillary reaches a little past a vertical 

 line through front of pupil; snout somewhat pointed as viewed from 

 the side but rounded as viewed from dorsal side; small teeth in a band 

 on both jaws, with outer row a little enlarged; vomer with a A- 

 shaped narrow band of villiform teeth and some on palatines. 



Color in alcohol. — Six brownish bars on upper side, becoming u-reg- 

 ularly doubled on lower sides and continuing on anal fin as 9 narrow 

 transverse bars; about 4 faint dusky bars on caudal fin; base of first 

 dorsal dusky, tips dusky, but middle white; second spiny dorsal with 

 a few transverse brown bars; soft dorsal with 4 brownish transverse 

 bars; pectoral damaged, but probably with light dusky bars; pectoral 

 base dusky; 1 dark bar below eye and 2 others extending forward from 

 eye on snout; the broad-based and short orbital tentacle on each eye 

 dark brow^n. 



Ecology. — The only specimen of this species came from a coral head 

 at a depth of 20 to 25 feet in Bildni lagoon. 



