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Depth 44 to 58; head 12 1/2 to 13 1/3, 5 4/5 to 6 to 
vent, width 4 1/2 to 5 in its length; comhlned head and 
trunk 1 1/8 In tall. Snout 4 3/4 to 6 1/2 in head; eye 
9 2/5 to 13, 1 1/2 to 2 1/5 in snout, 1 1/5 to 1 1/3 in 
Interorhltal; mouth cleft extends eye diameter behind eye, 
length 2 4/5 to 3 1/2 in head; teeth minute, uniserial in 
Jaws, several rather large conic ones on premaxillary 
well before closed mandible tip; Interorbital 7 1/4 to 10, 
well depressed, slightly convex. Gill opening 9 1/2 to 12 
1/5, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in interspace. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin begins eye diameter before gill opening 
to point opposite pectoral origin, fin height 6 1/2 in head; 
anal subequally low as dorsal; pectoral 6 1/4 to 10, 
Pale brown or yellowish brown, with 22 to 26 broad 
deep or blackish brown cross bands, saddle llkeon trunk or 
incomplete though entirely continuous on tail. Tip of snout 
and tall whitish. With age dark bands may be divided part¬ 
ially by pale median bar, at least larger blotches. Fins 
pale, dark bands extending on vertical ones. Iris gray. 
Mauritius, East Indies, Philippines, China, Rlu Kui, 
Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii, 
