480 
Depth 14 to 18; head 5 9/l0 to 7 l/2, 2 2/3 to 3 in vent, 
width 1 5/6 to 2 in its length. Snout 4 l/2 to 5 l/8 in head 
from snout tip; eye 7 l/8 to 12 l/2, 2 to 2 2/5 in snout, 1 4/5 
to 2 in interorbital; maxillary 2 3/4 to 3 l/8 in head from 
snout tip; teeth in rather broad patch in front of each jaw, 
narrowing posteriorly in jaw; vomerine teeth often not separated 
from front teeth; interorbital 4 l/2 to 5, flattened. Gill 
openings 2 to 2 l/2 in mouth cleft. 
Scales distinct, arranged in vertical series along sides. 
Dorsal inserted little nearer gill opening than vent; anal 
origin premedian; pectoral 2 3/4 to 3 4/5 in total head length. 
Above dark brown, mottled with pale or dull yellowish and 
olibaveous. Head and trunk below whitish. Narrow pale edge 
around vertical fins, posteriorly and submargxnallv narrow dark 
band around end of tail. 
Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Maurituis, Rodriguez, Madag¬ 
ascar, Seychelles, Ceylon, Andamans, East Indies, Philippines, 
China, Formosa, Japan, Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia and 
Polynesia. 
