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2 rows ; outer tooth being larger and somewhat incisor-like ; inner 

 tooth smaller and sharply pointed. Teeth on lower jaw slightly 

 smaller and those of inner row somewhat truncate ; on symphysial 

 parts the outer series is absent. None on vomer and palatines. 

 Tongue broad, rounded at tip. Preoperole unarmed. Gill-openings 

 separate, isthmus broad, the breadth equal to length of snout ; gill- 

 rakers on first gill-arch 4+8 in number,blunt, the length about i diameter 

 of eye ; pseudobranchiae developed ; a slit behind last gill ; branchi- 

 ostegals 3 in number. Origin of dorsal slightly nearer to posterior end 

 of base of second dorsal than to tip of snout, or above origin of the 

 posterior half of pectoral ; membrane between spines scalloped ; the 

 highest spines not reaching second dorsal. Second dorsal inserted 

 very slightly nearer to upper edge of opercular flap than to base of 

 caudal, the highest rays not reaching base of caudal, the margin 

 rounded, but the membrane not scalloped between rays. Anal 

 inserted below fourth ray of second dorsal and immediately below 

 vent ; the outline same as that of second dorsal, highest rays extend- 

 ing farther backward than those of second dorsal when folded, but not 

 reaching base of caudal. Pectoral without silk-like rays in the upper 

 part, its posterior margin rounded ; distance between its posterior tip 

 and vent equaling length of snout. Ventral below posterior end of 

 base of pectoral ; its disc slightly broader than long, extending to 

 vertical through end of the second third of pectoral. Caudal very 

 broadly rounded. Anal papilla well developed. Scales rather large, 

 ctenoid. Nape closely scaled, the scales small and cycloid ; occiput, 

 cheek and opercle scaleless ; throat before ventral with a very few 

 number of small, cycloid scales ; breast behind ventral also with 

 small, cycloid scales. No lateral line. 



Colour in formalin blackish brown above, pale below ; about 7 

 indistinct cross patches at equal intervals along the median parts of 

 body. Between these patches and back about 6, more indistinct 

 patches present above interspaces of the former. Posterior parts of 



