1326 . 
Depth 2 2/3; head 5, width 4* Snout tip to lower orbit 4 in 
head from snout tip; lower orbit 3 3/5, greater than snout, l/4 in ad¬ 
vance of upper; maxillary reaches l/4 in lower orbit, expansion 3, 
length 2 3/4 in head from snout tip; interorbital narrow bony ridge* 
Gill rakers 4 + 9, short feeble papillae like flaps, barely 1/5 of 
gill rakers, which 2 2/5 in lower orbit* 
Scales 48 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 
20 above, 20 below© Pins scaleless, except few scales on caudal base* 
Muzzle and maxillary scaleless* Scales with 14 to 16 basal radiating 
striae; 15 or 16 apical dentical in single row, uniform; circuli fine, 
more or less complete© Left scales cycloid* Lateral line axial, only 
on right side* 
D* 75, first 13 elongated or 1 1/4 in combined head and body to 
caudal base or 4 times total head, fin height otherwise 1 2/5; A* 55, fin 
height 1 1/3; least depth of caudal peduncle 1 3/4; caudal 4 3/5 in rest 
of fish; pectoral 3 2/5; ventral 3 1/8* 
Right side drab to ecru drab, mottled with darker shades and 
rather scattered variable dark brown spots and specks* Four more or less 
distinct blotches on body above anal base and 5 along below dorsal base, 
with last of each at bases of last fin rays© Uppermost and lower-most 
anterior caudal ray with small dark brown spot* Orbits grayish* Anterior 
elongated dorsal rays pure white, each of longest with broad subbasal black¬ 
ish browrn bar# Rest of dorsal brownish with obscure dark spots basally and 
terminally, middle of fin pale* Anal like dorsal* Caudal with 4 or 5 ir¬ 
regular dark transverse bars, also each ray with obscure whitish spots* 
Paired fins with brown spots on rays, pectoral grayish terminally and as 
about 5 dark brown bars on longest ventral rays* Left side whitish, fins 
all grayish to pale brownish terminally, spots only showing obscurely* 
Indie, Ceylon, Andamans, East Indies, Indo China, China# 
