Scales 51 to 53 in lateral axial series to 
caudal base and 4 or 5 more on latter; 7 above; 50 to 
54 predorsal, of which 34 or 35 forward to gill opening. 
Dorsal and anal finely scaled. Scales with 25 to 63 
parallel vertical striae, incomplete over median vertical 
axis. 
D. II, 13 to II, 15, first branched ray 3 to 
3i in head from snout tip; A, II, 15 or II, 16, first 
branched ray 3 l/lQ) to 3^; least depth of caudal peduncle 
5 7/8 to 6; pectoral 2 l/lO to 2 1/5; ventral 3^- to 
3 3/4, origin about midway between gill opening and 
caudal base. 
Beak and upper surfaces brown, scale pockets 
darker and show through each scale as submarginal dark 
crescentic blotch. Predorsal part of back with 3 close 
and dark parallel lines. Sides and under surfaces of 
body white with silvery reflections. Silvery white 
axial band on side, not quite wide as eye depth and 
bounded its whole course above with dark gray narrow 
band. Beak dusky to blackish. Iris silvery white. 
Dorsal and caudal grayish, other fins pale to shitish. 
East Indies, Philippines, Polynesia. Known 
chiefly by its long preorbital, which long as eye. 
The scales are very caducous, all of my specimens nearly 
entirely denuded. 
