545 
Depth 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 in head, 13 l/2 to 20 to caudal base; 
head 5 1/4 to 7 5/6, 2 l/6 to 2 4/5 to vent, width 2 3/5 to 2 3/4 
in its length; combined head and trunk 1 2/5 to 1 2/3 in tail to 
caudal base. Snout 4 to 4 l/5 in head; eye 5 l/2 to 8 l/3, 1 l/S 
to 2 in snout, 1 to 1 l/5 in interorbital; mouth cleft reaches 
3/5 to 2/3 in eye, length 2 2/3 to 3 in head; jaws equal; teeth 
fine, uni serial along sides of jaws, patch on premaxillaries and 
form as narrow triangular patch of short though more robust ones 
on head of vomer; interorbital 6 to 6 l/2, nearly level, dill 
opening 6 l/5 to 8, mostly below pectoral base. 
Lateral line very distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin l/4 to 2/3 pectoral length posterior to de¬ 
pressed pectoral fin tips, fin height 7 in head; anal little low¬ 
er; caudal 5 3/4 to 13 in head; pectoral 2 7/8 to 3 4/5. 
Light brown or brown, little paler on under surfaces of head 
less so on belly. Iris silvery or whitish. Pins pale brownish. 
Vertical fins dusky to nearly blackish marginally and largely 
posteriorly. In young vertical fins dusky basally posteriorly 00 
almost blackish at caudal base, margins whitish all around. Pect 
oral pale. 
East Indies, Philippines, Japan, New South Vales, Victoria, 
Tasmania, New Zealand, Hawaii. 
