778 . 
Depth 6 1/4 to 8j head 4 l/2 to 4 2/3, width 2 l/8 to 2 l/5. 
Snout to eye 2 7/8 to 5 in head} eye 4 3/4 to 5 l/8, 1 l/2 to 1 
2/3 in snout, 1 to 1 l/8 times interorbital} orbit 3 l/4 to 4 in 
head, 1 to 1 l/4 in snout, 1 l/5 to 1 l/4 times inteorbitaljmaxil¬ 
lary reaches l/4 to l/2 in eye. length from front end 3 l/6 to 3 
, "W 
1/2 in head} mandibular barbel 2 2/3 to 3 in eye} teeth in viin¬ 
form bands in jaws, of 4 or 5 irregular series} interorbital 4 l/2 
to 5 l/8 in head, low and nearly level in front. Gill rakers 1 ♦ 
8 low spinesoent tuberoles on seoond arch, about 1/3 gill filaments, 
which l/2 of eye. 
Scales 140 in lateral line to pseudocaudal} 7 or 8 above, 18 
or 19 below, 42 to 45 predorsal. End of snout with 15 to 22 paral¬ 
lel series of long slender apical spines, last ones extending 
behind hind scale edge} circuli fine, not extended apically* 
D. II , 10—90 to 100, second - e inipfr e- ray slender and ending in 
filament, its front edge with row antrorse spinules, length 1 to 1 
1/10 in head} interdorsal space 1 1/3 to 1 2/5} A. 100 to 114, fin 
height 4 1/2} pectoral rays I, 19, length 2 to 2 l/8 in head} ven¬ 
tral I, 9, fin 2 1/2 to 2 4/5. 
Largely uniform brownish, edge of gill opening dusky* Iris pale 
or light brown to gray. Inside mouth gray* Inside gill opening 
blackish* Fins brownish to dusky 
Indian Ocean, Japan. 
