1395 
Depth 4 3/5; head 3 1/4, width 2. Snout 3 1/8 in 
head from snout tip; eye 5 1/5, 1 3/5 in snout, 1 1/4 in 
interorbital; premaxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge, 
expansion 1 1/3 in eye, length 2 in head from snout tip, 
* 
interorbital 4 1/5, low, deeply concave. Gill rakers 6 
* 12, of which 3 or 4 above and below rudiments, others 
lanceolate, subequal with gill filaments or 1 3/4 in head. 
Scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base; 6 above, 6 be¬ 
low, 14 predorsal, 4 rows on cheek. Caudal largely covered 
with fine scales. Scales with 145 fine basal circuli, not 
extended apically; 40 strong triangular apical points. 
S' " ' . *' 
D. I, 20, first branched ray 1 5/6 in total head length; 
adipose fin 6 3/4; A. I, 12, I, first branched ray 3; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 4 1/2; caudal 1 1/2, well forked, 
lobes pointed; pectoral 1 2/3; ventral 1 1/8. 
Back dark umber brown, obscurely mottled with darker. 
Under surfaces of head and body paler brownish, with more or 
less soiled appearance. Iris pale brownish. Fins all browi- 
ish, all with very obscure darker transverse spots on rays 
of dorsal, form more or less as cross bands on other fins. 
47802. U. S. N. M. Port Jackson. Australian Museum. 
Length 310 mm. 
