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Depth 23 to 24; head 8 1/4 to 8 7/8 1 3 1/5 to 3 l/ii in trunk, 
width 4 l/'<!^ to 4 7/8 its length; combined head and trunk 1 I /2 to 1 2/3 
in tail. Snout 5 to 5 7/8 in head; eye 11 to 13 , 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 in 
snout, 2 to 2 1/5 in interorbital; mouth cleft extends 1 I /2 to 2 eye 
diameters behind eye, length 2 3/4 to 3 1/8 in head; teeth biserial in 
jaws, small, subconic; 2 series of small close set similar teeth on 
vomer; interorbital 7 7/8 to 8 1/5, low, convex. Gill opening 9 1/4 
to 13 . 
Lateral line distinct. 
Dorsal origin midway between eye center and gill opening or little 
nearer latter; vertical fins all low folds. 
Uniform brown, or only under surface of head and belly slightly 
paler. Iris grayish. 
Ceylon, Singapore, East Indiss, Philippines, Eui Kiu, Japan, Vict¬ 
oria, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, 
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