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Depth 30 to 34; head 8 7/8 to 11 1/5, 3 3/5 to 4 1/2 to 
vent, width 2 4/5 to 3 1/2 in its length; combined head and 
trunk 1 1/2 to 
1 3/5 in tail. Snout 6 1/2 to 6 4/5 in head; 
eye 9 to 11, 1 
1/4 to 1 1/2 in snout, 1 to 1 2/5 in inter- 
t 
orbital; mouth 
cleft extends 1/2 to 3/5 of eye diameter be— 
hind eye, length 3 to 3 7/8 in head; teeth short, granular, 
in bands of 2 or 3 rather irregular series (4 to 8 with age) 
in jaws and on vomer, also patch on premaxillary; interorbit¬ 
al 7 2/5 to 7 1/2, convex. Gill opening 7, equals interspace. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin over first 2/5 to 1/2 in pectoral, fin 
height 3 1/2 to 6 1/4 in head; anal fin height 4 3/4 to 5 4/5; 
pectoral 2 1/2 to 3, 
Tawny olive generally, nearly cinnamon buff on lower sur¬ 
faces of trunk. Muzzle and lower surface of head tinged some¬ 
times with dusky brown or sooty, especially former. Iris gray. 
Vertical fins brown, anal and dorsal edges all blackish brown 
to blackish. Pectoral brownish above, paler below, 
Arabia, Mauritius* Madagascar, India, Singapore, East 
Indies, Philippines* China, Japan, North Australia, Polynesia, 
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