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Pale obivaceous, finely dotted or speckled with dusky 
to blackish.. Along back and on dorsal fin 26 blackish 
blotches, all sootted at least medially with small irregular 
ochraceous marks. Though dark saddles extend on back and 
many to edge of dorsal, none reach median axis of trunk or 
tail. Along lower side of body similar blotches, alternate 
on trunk and opposed on lower side of tail. On fore part 
of tail alternating blackish blotches occur at first, soon 
obsolete or little behind middle. On sides of abdomen 
blackish blotches continue down on belly, though not joining 
and in this region entirely black. On head transverse 
blackish band extends down close behind eye narrowly, follow¬ 
ed by similar and much broader one close behind. Both bands 
mottled with ochraceous, though complete below. Iris yellow- 
ish. Mouth corners mottled with blackish. Anal and caudal 
broadly margined with white or cream white. 
Red Sea, Zanzibar, Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Sey¬ 
chelles, East Indies, Philippines, China, Queensland, New 
South Wales, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. 
