1183 . 
Depth 1 9/10 to 2 1/4; head 3 l/S to 3 1/3, width 4. Snout to 
lower orbit 4 to 4 l/3 in head froia snout tip; lower orbit 4 l/3 to 4 
3/5, subequal with snout, in advance I/4 or opposite to upper orbit; max¬ 
illary reaches l/3 to 1/2 in lower orbit, expansion 2/3 in lower orbit, 
length 2 l/S to 2 I/4 in head from snout tip; bony interorbital narrow 
trenchant keel, width l/2 of pupil. Gill rakers 4 or 5 ♦ 13 to 15. lance¬ 
olate, 1 to 2 in gill filaments, which l/2 lower orbit. 
Scales 58 to 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more on 
latter; 22 above, 29 to 32 below. Scales with 12 to 13 basal radiating 
striae; 15 to 22 short apical denticles in 3 transverse series; circuli 
fine, less distinct apically. Right scales cycloid. 
D. 63 to 73, fin height 2 3/4 in total head length; A. 47 to 53, 
fin height 2 l/2; caudal 1 l/3, cuneate behind; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3; pectoral 1 7/8; ventral 2 3/5, followed by strong concealed 
spine. 
Left side brown, with blackish blotch large as orbit at beginning 
of straight section of lateral line, followed by 3 rather obsolete and 
smaller blotches. Above lateral line 2 rows of ocelli, similarly below. 
Iris dark neutral gray#. Vertical fins with daric blotches well spaced medi¬ 
ally and terminally smaller ones. Pectoral pale, also left ventral with 
dark dots. Right side white, spots showing through obscurely on vertical 
fins mostly terminally. 
Bast Indies, Philippines, China, Formosa, Japan, 
20463. Catbalogan. Samar. April 15, 1908. Length 151 am. 
