802 
Depth 29 1/5 to 45; head 14 1/4 to 14 3/5, 5 7/8 to 6 3/5 to vent, 
width 3 to 3 2/3 its length; combined head and trunk 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 in tail. 
Snout 4 1/2 to 4 4/5 in head; eye 8 to 9* 2 to 2 1/2 in snout; 1 3/5 to 1 3/4 
in interorbital; mouth cleft extends 1/2 to 3/4 eye diameter behind eye, 
length 3 to 3 1/4 in head; teeth rather granular, rounded, biserial in jaws 
and on vomer, 5 or 6 on premaxillary; interorbital 5 1/2 to 6 in head, convex. 
Gill opening I 4/5 to 2 in snout, low, 1 2/3 in interspace. 
Lateral line complete, distinct, 
% 
Dorsal origin midway between gill opening and snout tipj anal little 
lowerj pectoral 6 to 8 in head* 
Whitish, back tinged with warm brown* About 50 rather large deep brown 
on back, alternating irregularly* On head first of upper spots on snout 
above, then all largely biserial* Below or on sides another series, besides 
still another series mostly on tail inferiorly, some of more or less approx¬ 
imating along anal base* Dorsal with paler though otherwise similar blotches 
to those back* Anal largely whitish, sometimes dark brown blotches on tail 
inferiorly reflected basally* Pectoral pale or whitish* Spots on side of 
head and below, latter mostly small and pale* Mandible with several small 
brownish spots* Iris gray* 
Bed^Sea, Madagascar, Bast Indies, Philippines, Japan, Micronesia, Polyne¬ 
sia, Hawaii. 
