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Depth 2 5/5 in head, 19 to caudal base; head 7 l/2, 2 7/8 
to vent, width 2 2/5 in its length; combined head and trunk 1 3/4 
in tail to caudal base. Snout 3 7/8 in head; eye 8 l/2, 2 l/4 
in snout, 1 l/4 in interorbital; mouth cleft reaches hind eye 
edge, length 2 3/4 in head, lower jaw slightly shorter; inter¬ 
orbital 7 in head, nearly level. Sill opening 7, before and 
below pectoral. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin over middle of pectoral, fin height 6 in 
head; anal fin little lower; caudal 3 2/5; pectoral 3. 
Dark brown, belly and under surfaces paler brown. Iris 
pale or straw brown. Fins little paler than back, edges of 
vertical ones darker- to blackish. Pectoral brown, blackish 
terminally. 
Red Sea, Zanzibar, Natal, Mauritius, Bourbon, Ceylon, East 
Indies, Philippines, ^hina, Rui Kui, Japan, Queensland, New 
South Wales, Lord Howe Island, Melanesia, Polynesia, N awa ii. 
4872. Jolo market. February 13, 1908. Length 750 mm. 
