1054 
Depth 23 1/2; head 8, 3 2/5 to vent, width 4 1/4 in 
its length; combined head and trunk 1 1/4 in tail. Snout 
5 1/3 in head; eye 10, 1 3/4 in snout, 1 2/5 in interorbital; 
mouth cleft extends eye diameter behind eye, length 2 4/5 
in head; teeth uniserial in Jaws and on vomer; 3 large 
medial depressible teeth in row on premaxillary; several 
of anterior Jaw teeth little enlarged; Interorbital 8 1/5, 
t 
nearly level, low. Gill opening long as eye. 
Dorsal origin nearly median in postrictal space, fin 
much higher than anal or nearly high as body depth over vent, 
Uniform brown, little paler on under surface of head, 
less so on belly. Fins little darker or dusky marginally 
but without white edges. Iris gray. 
Red Sea, Madagascar, East Indies, Philippines, Rui 
Kul, Japan, Polynesia, Hawaii. 
12531. Tillg, Lubang Island. July 14, 1908. Length 
207 mm. 
