les with 12 to 18 ife'as 
Depth 2 to 2V2J head 2 V 2 to ^width 2 Vg to 2^/g. Snout 
to 2Vc in head; eye 3 to 4Vg» 1 /g to 2 / c in snout, greater to 1V4 
■'Ws t 
S interorbital with age; mapi^ary reaches opposite front nostril or about V4 
n snout, 27 c to 2 /o Jgl^head; l%s broad, coriaceous; broad bards of villi- 
form teeth in jaws 
4 canines in 
n* 
th outer roH in each enlarged and usually conic, as 
k # 
of each and lafst 3 to 5 each side as broad molars; inter- 
orbitalvi?'/c to 4 Vr > broadly convex; cheek and most naked region of head with 
' r, w- »• 
.w. 
find weak striae, on cheek as Vertical parallel lines, otherwise as finely 
venulose. Gill rakers 2 to 5Wb'.5 or 6, short stout tubercles, little less than 
gill filaments. 
Scales 42 to 46 
lateral line to caudal base and 2 to 5 more on 
latter; 5 to 7 above, MiJh 15 below, 7 to 9 predorsal; caudal and pectoral 
bases finely scaled. 
radiating striae, with 1 to 
4 medial auxiliariesjlfbo 155 apical denticles,ffrith 4 to 8 transverse series 
of basal elements; jtirculi very fine^. 
,# 
D. X, f I, fourth epidF2Vfi to 
1 A. Ill , 8, I, .^ird spine 2 3, third 
~, emargisfiate; least 
O 
2 
ventral l|F 4 to 
,40 
of caudal 
ft r Large ly-.jltle brownish, litt 
i- .■ 
darker brown .tlfm body. Vertical f 
, '■jp* * 
du#y ba^sally. Paired fins dull 
i- 
East Indies, Philippines. 
in that the back is not so ele 
also not so elevated. Espec 
ead, fourth ray 2 ^/g to 2 V 5 J 
g X 
V 3 to 2 /^; caudal 1/4 to 
ral 1 to iVr; 
. head little] 
ally caudal which 
s haematopterus Schlegel 
the soft dorsal and anal 
higher than long, while in L. 
haematopterus it is notice 
n high. 
