1282 , 
Depth 3 3/5 to 3 7/8; head 4 to 4 3/4, width 3 7/8 to 4 l/5« 
Snout to lower orbit 5 2/5 to 6 in head from snout tip; lower orbit 4, 
greater than snout, upper orbit l/o to l/4 in advance of lower; maxil¬ 
lary slender, extends l/4 to l/3 behind lower orbit, length 1 l/3 to 1 
2/5 in head from snout tip; mandible 1 I /8 to 1 I/ 6 ; teeth slender, 
conic, small, in narrow irregular row or series; bony interorbital 
slender or narrowr, width 5 to 5 l/2 in lower orbit* Gill rakers obso¬ 
lete; gill filaments 2 I /4 in lower orbit* 
Scales 180 to 216 in lateral line to caudal base and 15 to 17 
more on latter; 38 to 40 above, 65 to 68 below* Scales very minute, cy¬ 
cloid on both sides of body* Lateral line on both sides, arch long, low, 
flat topped, left arch 5 4/5 to 6 l/2 in straight section to caudal base. 
Scales with 8 to 10 basal radiating rather wide-set striae; circuli coarse, 
continuous, 
D* 118 to 120, fin height 2 l/3 to 3 in total head length; A. 79 
to 82, fin height 2 3/4 to 3; caudal 1 l/4 to 1 l/2, ends in median point 
behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 2/5 to 5; left pectoral 1 7/8 to 
2, right pectoral 2 4/5 to 3,} left ventral 2 to 2 l/5, right ventral 2 to 
2 2/5* 
Left side uniformly chocolate brown, interradial rays in rather 
broad pale area all around body. Orbits dark neutral gray. Fins gray 
brown, caudal more dusky terminally* Left pectoral and ventral brownish, 
right pectoral whitish. Entire right side whitish, fins grayish, caudal 
pale'or whitish basally* 
South Africa, Ceylon, Bengal Bay. Although Norman does not 
give a count of either pores in lateral line or scales along its course, 
in most all other details his description and outline figure agrees* 
