1310* 
Depth 2 l/6; head 3 3/4, width 3 l/8* Snout tip to lower orbit 
6 l/3 in head from snout tip* 2 l/2 in lower orbit; lower orbit 3 in head 
from snout tip* l/4 in advance of upper; maxillary vertical* extends 1/4 
in lower orbit, expansion 5 in lower orbit* length 3 1/4 in head from snout 
tip; interorbital narrow* width i/6 of lower orbit* concave* Gill rakers 
6 + 13* lanceolate* 1 l/5 in gill filaments* which 3 l/2 in lower orbit* 
Scales 98 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 more on latter; 
39 above* 40 below* Caudal largely covered with small scales* other fins 
naked* Scales ctenoid on blind side* ctenoid on colored side® Scales 
with 4 or 5 basal radiating striae* edge scalloped; 5 to 10 short apical 
denticles; circuli moderate® Lateral line arched anteriorly* arch flat¬ 
tened above* 3 in straight section to caudal base® 
D* 61* fin height 2 in total head length; A® 50* fin height 2; 
caudal 1 l/8* convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 l/4; pec¬ 
toral 1 2/3; ventral 2 l/5# 
Brown on right side* with numerous small scattered deep brown 
spots® Body semipellucid as held to light broadly along interradial 
regions* Orbits slate gray® Vertical fins brown* very narrowly all edged 
light or pale* Caudal behind middle with large black blotch* nearly equal 
to orbit# one above marginally and another similarly below® Pectoral 
largely blackish brown medially* paler terminally and basally# Right ven¬ 
tral brown edged with whitish* Left side whitish* with 4 rows of obscure 
dusky blotches in medial musculature* Also row of still more obscure dark 
blotches along dorsal and anal bases though on marginal portions on body* 
none on semipellucid areas* Vertical fins of left side grayish* 2 blackish 
marginal caudal blotches gray black* Paired fins of left side white* 
Bengal Bay* Andaman Sea* East Indies* Philippines* 
