Depth 6 -I /5 to 7-f^; head 2-1/3 to 2-3/5, from upper jaw tip 
3 -I /6 to 3 - 2 / 5 , width 3 to 3 - 2 / 5 * Snout 2 to 2^ in head measured from 
upper jaw tip; eye 4-l/5 to 4f, 1-7/8 to 3 in snout, 1 to in inter¬ 
orbital; maxillary reaches eye, length 2 to 2^ in head from snout tip; 
interorbital 3-2/5 to 4-l/5, low, depressed conoavely. Gill rakers 
2 17, short weak points, of gill filaments, which l/s of eye. 
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Scales 36 to 39 in axial lateral series to caudal base and 
5 or 6 more on latter; 4 or 5 scales above axial lateral row, 5 to 7 
below, 32 or 33 to 37 predorsal forward to occiput. Scales with 5 to 
12 basal radiating striae; circuli complete, 18 to 20, Lateral line 
incomplete, low, not extended beyond ventral base in small examples, in 
adults not quite reaching anal, 
D. II, 8 to III, 7, first branched ray 3-l/5 to 4^ in total 
head length; A, II, 13, second ray 3-1/3? to 4; caudal 2-1/3 tc 2-2/3, 
rounded behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 5§ to 6; pectoral 2-|- to 
2 - 3 / 5 ; ventral 4 to 4-i/3, origin slightly nearer caudal base than hind 
eye edge. 
Dull to pale brown, sides and lower surface paler with v/hitish 
or silvery tints. Back above with close set dark brown dots, arranged on 
predorsal as 3 parallel close-set lines, median less distinct. Blackish 
spot, well contrasted, behind upper end of gill opening before pectoral 
origin. Iris grayish. Narrow dark gray axial line, most distinct be¬ 
tween dorsal and anal. Fins all pale, dorsal caudal and pectoral tinted 
pale brown, front of dorsal sometimes black, 
Malaya, East Indies, Philippines, Examination of the type of 
Dermatogenys bakeri shows it to be a variant of the present species, in 
which the upper jaw somewhat longer than usual. 
