Depth 18 2/5 to 31; head 7 3/5 to 9 4/5, 3 1/2 to vent, 
width 3 to 4 3/4 in its length; combined head and trunk 1 1/4 
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to 1 2/3 in tail. Snout 5 2/5 to 6 in head; eye 9 to 10, 1 2/5 
to 1 4/5 in snout, 1 2/5 in interorbital; mouth cleft extends 
1/2 to 1 eye diameter behind eye, length 2 3/5 to 3 in head; 
teeth conic, strong, short, above slightly or irregularly bi¬ 
serial anteriorly, below uniserial, on vomer -uniserial though 1 
little irregular, partial circle of 8 on premaxillary; inter¬ 
orbital 5 1/2, low, depressed, nearly level. Gill opening 5 
1/2 to 10, equals interspace. 
Lateral line complete, distinct. 
Dorsal origin over last fourth of pectoral, fin height 
4 to 6 1/4 in head; anal fin height 5 1/2 to 5 3/4; pectoral 
2 2/3 to 2 4/5. 
Brown, nearly uniform. Fins all uniformly paler. Iris 
light yellowish b.rown. 
Natal, Madagascar, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, 
China, Melanesia. 
