1533 
Depth 6 2/3 to 9 1/4; head 3 4/5 to 4 1/6, width 2 to 
2 1/8. Snout 4 to 5 in head; eye 3 4/5 to 5, 1 to 1 1/8 in 
snout, subequal with or little greater than interorbital; pre 
maxillary extends eye diameter behind eye, length 1 2/5 to 
2 2/5 in head; interorbital 5 to 6, depressed, slightly con¬ 
cave medially. Gill rakers as narrow band of very numerous, 
fine, irregular, close set, variable denticles; gill filament 
1 1/3 in head. 
Scales 42 to 45 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 
or 4 more on latter; 3 or 4 above, 5 below, 18 to 21? pre¬ 
dorsal. Scales with 2 to 4 basal radiating striae, edge 
scalloped; apical edge fimbriate. 
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D. II, 9, I or III, 10, I, first branched ray 1 in 
head; adipose fin 3 1/2 to 3 3/5; A. II or III, 9, I, first 
branched ray 1 7/8 to 2 1/3; caudal 1 1/8 to 1 1/4, well 
forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 1/4 to3 1/3; 
pectoral 1 1/4 to 1 2/5; ventral 1 1/4 to 1 1/3. 
Largely pale brown, mottled with darker on back, sides 
and lower surface very light brown. Iris gray brown. Dor¬ 
sal, caudal and pectoral with dusky or grayish, other fins 
whitish. 
East Indies, China, Formosa, Japan, Melanesia, Queens¬ 
land. 
