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Depth 19 1/2 to 27; head 6 7/8 to 7 1/2, 2 3/4 to 3 to vent, width 
4 1/2 to 5 1/2 its length; combined head and trunk 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in 
tail, tinout 5 l/2 to 6 1/3 in head; eye 10 2/3 to 13, 2 to 2 1/4 in 
snout, 2 in interorbital; mouth cleft extends 1 3/4 to 2 eye diameters 
behind eye, length 2 7/8 to 3 1/8 in head; teeth small, pointed, sub¬ 
equal, in rather broad bands in jaws and a t least 2 series on vomer; 
interorbital 6 to 6 1/4, depressed or nearly level. Gill opening slight 
ly less than eye, at upper level in lower half of body depth. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin about over anal origin, fins low feeble folds with 
anal little higher, caudal very short. 
India, Andamans, East Indies, Philippines, Polynesia, 
