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Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 2}/ 2 to 2%. Snout 4^ 

 to 4: 7 /g in head from snout tip; eye 4 34 to 53^, greater than snout in 

 young to I75 with age, greater than interorbital in young to equal 

 with age; maxillary extends beyond eye, at least half an eye diameter 

 with age, expansion 1% to 1^3 in eye, length 2 to 2Xo in head from 

 snout tip; teeth in bands in jaws, slightly enlarged outer erect 

 upper row; some long inner front upper depressible teeth; lower lat- 

 erals in 4 rows narrowing to 2 rows posteriorly and entire inner row 

 long and depressible; pair of small canines in front of each jaw, 

 often duplicated; narrow band of fine teeth on vomer and each pal- 

 atine; interorbital 6 to 8J^, nearly level; hind preopercle edge 

 minutely serrated, obsolete or entire with age; upper opercle spine in 

 advance, median closer to lower. Gill rakers 6 + 14, obtusely lanceo- 

 late, slightly less than gill filaments or 234 in eye; 5 upper or lower 

 on each branch rudimentary. 



Scales 70 to 77 + 11 to 15 in lateral line; pores 43 to 49 + 3 or 4; 

 predorsal 47 to 90 scales; 13 to 16 above, 25 to 27 below; 24 to 26 

 rows across cheek; maxillary naked in young, with age terminal 

 patch of fine scales 34 maxillary expansion; fins all more or less finely 

 scaled basally ; body scales without fine auxiliary basal scales. Scales 

 with 6 to 10 basal radiating striae; 38 to 51 apical denticles with 4 

 to 6 transverse series; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 14, 1 or 15, 1, fourth spine 2% to 3}{ in total head length, 

 twelfth ray 2K to 3; A. Ill, 9, 1, second spine 2*4 to 3, third ray l%o 

 to 2%) caudal 1% to V/g, convex behind; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 334 to 33^; pectoral 134 to \%\ ventral 1% to 2. 



In alcohol light brown generally, finely spotted with darker, appear- 

 ing rather as mottlings and most distinct on head. One or 2 dusky 

 to blackish ocellated saddles on caudal peduncle above. Caudal with 

 2 dusky oblique subterminal bars which converge behind or form a, 

 lunate band. 



Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, India, East Indies, China, Mela- 

 nesia, Polynesia. 



5683, 7680. Agojo Point, Catanduanes Island, east Luzon. June 10, 1009. 



Length 111 to 126 mm. 

 18933. Batan Island, east Luzon. June 5, 1909. Length 111 mm. 

 15450. Bolinao Bay, west Luzon. May 10, 1909. Length 125 mm. 

 9031. Bongao Anchorage, Sulu Archipelago, Tawi Tawi Group. February 24, 



1908. Length 123 mm. 

 10782. Dalaganem Island, eastern Palawan. April 8, 1909. Length 125 mm. 

 22041, 22042. Magnaas, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length 85 to 



102 mm. 

 11377. Maricaban Island, Luzon. January 20, 1908. Length 129 mm. 

 11308, 15241 to 15245, 15247. Near Palag Bay, southern Luzon. June 16, 1909. 



Length 77 to 126 mm. 

 21562. Pilas Island, south of Zamboanga. September 12, 1909. Length 



63 mm. 



