1532 
Depth 7 1/3 to vent; head 2 1/4, width 3 l/3. Snout 
2 1/4 in head; eye 7 1/4, 3 1/4 in snout, equals interorbital; 
maxillary not reaching front eye edge, length 2 2/5? in 
head; palatine band of teeth not wider than premaxillary, 
only slightly separated from that of other side and somewhat 
distant from pterygoid teeth; interorbital 7 1/4, low. 
Scales 29 enlarged to vent; 12 above, 2 below. Scales 
on postocular. Scales very caducous, most all fallen. 
D. I, 11, first branched ray 2 2/5 in head, fin origin 
over ventral base close behind ventral origin; pectoral 1 
4/5 in head; ventral 3 1/4. 
Light colored. Head, vent and hind part of tail black. 
Length 422 mm. (G-ttnther.) 
Pacific and Indian Oceans. 
