850 . 
Depth 6 l/2; head 4, width 2 l/4. Snout to eye 2 3/5 in head; 
eye 5 2/5, 2 l/5 in snout, 1 l/2 in interorbital; orbit 4 3/5 in 
head, 1 3/5 in snout, 1 l/lO in interorbitalj maxillary reaches op¬ 
posite hind edge of orbit, length from front end 2 3/4 in head; man¬ 
dibular barbel 1 3/4 in eye; teeth in villiform bands in Jaws, in 6 
or 6 irregular transverse series; interorbital 4 in head, low, 
broadly convex. Gill rakers 0+8 on second arch, low spinescent tu¬ 
bercles l/3 of gill filaments, which 1 4/5 in eye* 
Scales 128? (pockets) in lateral axial series; 7 above, 13 below, 
12 forward to occiput* Scales with 12 to 14 irregular series of minute 
denticles; circuli rather coarse, complete* 
/ 
D* II* 9—100, second simple ray entire, slender, 2 2/3 in head; 
interdorsal space 3 l/5; A. 100, fin height 4 7/8; pseudocaudal minute; 
pectoral rays £, 13, fin 2 2/5 in head; ventral rays I, 6, fin 3 4/5. 
Brownish, most of head and body laterally with silvery white tints* 
Iris brassy. Fins all more or less brownish, first dorsal dusky. 
Inside of mouth and gill opening pale. Chin, chest and breast tinted 
with dark neutral gray. 
South Africa, Philippines, Kei Islands. The scales are variable 
as some have converging or radiating rows of apical spinules, again they 
appear in parallel rows or may even be without any regularity in arrange¬ 
ment# Characteristic is the cavernous or transparent to swollen appearance** 
of the head, the inconspicuous ridges above, the finely roughened or only 
rough velvety feel of the scales and the silvery coloration, with a dark 
gray or slate area on the belly* 
U* S. N. M., No. 72949. Jolo Light, E* 24.75 miles (lat. 6°03»15"N., 
