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Depth 1% to 13^; head 3 to 33^, width 1% to 2. Snout 2^^to 

 2^ in head; eye 2^ to 3, sHghtly greater than snout in young to 

 1}4: with age, greater than interorbital in young to equal with age; 

 maxillary % to ^ in snout, 3^ to 3J^ in head; interorbital 3ro 

 to 3)4, convex. Gill rakers 5 + 13, short points, about J/g of gill 

 filaments, which 13^ in eye. 



Scales 30 or 31 between gill opening and caudal base; tubes 32 to 

 34 in lateral line; 7 or 8 scales above lateral line, 14 or 15 below. 

 Scales with 14 or 15 basal radiating striae, also 1 to 3 auxiliaries; 

 apical denticles 70 to 160, with 3 to 5 series of basal elements trans- 

 versely; ch'culi fine. 



D, XIII, 23, I, last spine 1}4 to 13^ in head, eighth ray 13^ to 

 13^; A. Ill, 17, I or 18, i, third spine 1% to 1J4, eighth ray 1% to 

 13^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2J/g to 33^^; caudal 13^ to 1%, 

 hind edge slightly convex; pectoral 13^3 to ly^; ventral 1 to l}/^. 



Generally pale brown, lighter or paler below. From predorsal 

 blackish-brown band, meeting its fellow extends doM^n to eye, over 

 cheek and side of breast where it also joins its fellow, though width 

 much less than eye-diameter. Lips and end of muzzle dusky. Dif- 

 fuse pale band extends from front dorsal spines down to include 

 pectoral base, also to ventral base. Another diffuse pale broader 

 band-like area from middle of back down to post-ventral region. 

 Some examples with spinous dorsal dusky terminally or marginally. 

 Soft dorsal and anal each narrowly edged whitish, with very narrow 

 dusky to blackish submarginal line. Caudal pale with broad gray 

 to gray-brown posterior border. Pectoral pale brown. Ventral 

 blackish, spine pale brown. 



Zanzibar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Reunion, India, East Indies, 

 China, Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia. One example (969) has 

 the caudal rudimentary, evidently atrophied from an injury. 



623, 9680. Bagacay Bay, Escarpada Island. March 13, 1909. Length 94 to 



113 mm. 

 502. Birl Channel. June 2, 1909. Length 105 mm. 

 756. Buang Bay, Talajit Island. March 15, 1909. Length 110 mm. 

 621. Bugsuk Island. January 5, 1909. Length 78 mm. 

 265. Cagayanes Island. March 31, 1909. Length 110 mm. 

 1238, 1239. Candaraman Island. January 4, 1909. Length 79 to 80 mm. 

 12261. Caxisigan Island. January 2, 1909. Length 76 mm. 

 942. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 102 mm. 

 10423. East of Verde Island. July 22, 1908. Length 92 mm. 

 487, 1212 to 1217. Galera Bay. June 9, 1908. Length 91 to 112 mm. 

 516 to 518. Gubat Bay, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length 86 to 96 mm. 

 22938. Inamucan Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length 100 mm. 

 2027, 2028. Jolo Island. February 16, 1908. Length 67 to 79 mm. (D. 5147.) 

 430, 801, 802, 955, 960, 22057, 22058. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. 



Length 77 to 98 mm. 

 1105 to 1110, 4878, 4884, 4885. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. 



Length 104 to 120 mm. 



