986 
Depth 2? to 29 3/5; head 8 to 8 7/8, 5 to 5 3/4 to vent, 
width 4 to 4 1/8 in its length; tail 1 7/8 to 2 in combined 
head and trunk. Snout 6 1/2 to 7 in head; eye 14 to 18, 2 
to 2 1/2 in snout, 1 3/4 to 2 in lnterorbltal; mouth cleft 
reaches hind eye edge to half an eye diameter beyond, length 
4 l/4 to 4 7/8 in head; teeth simple, conic, uniserial in 
jaws and on vomer; interorbital 8 to 9 1/5, rather low, con¬ 
vex. Gill opening 9 1/2 to 12, less than interspace. 
Dorsal origin at space about 1/4 of head behind vent; 
caudal short, broad, truncated; anal behlns snout length to 
space equal to combined snout and eye behind vent; pectoral 
5 to 5 1/5 in head. 
Brown, under surfaces paler. Iris gray. Fins brown 
like body/ 
India, East Indies, Philippines. 
11004, 11005, 11007. Iloilo market, Panay. March 29, 
1908. Length 302 to 314 mm. 
% 
22476. Romblon. March 25, 1908. Length 173 mm. 
