1370. 
Depth 2 1/5 to 2 l/4j head 3 2/3 to 3 7 / 8 , width 3 to 3 1 / 4 . 
onout end to lower orbit 3 l/5 to 3 l/4 in head; lower orbit 4 l/2 to 4 
2/3, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 in snout; upper orbit advanced l/3 to 2/5 from low¬ 
er, mouth cleft extends 2/5 to l/2 in lower orbit, length 2 3/4 to 3 in 
heed; nasal tube long as pupil; scaly interorbital 1 2/5 to 1 1/2 in 
iower orbit, concave. Gill rakers 3+9 short rudimentary points; gill 
filaments 1 l/5 in lower orbit. 
Scales 88 zo 90 in lateral line from above gill opening to cau¬ 
dal base and 7 or 8 more on latter (7 more forward to dorsal intersection); 
32 above, 40 to 42 below. An scales ctenoid. Scales with 8 or 9 basal 
radiating striae; & or 10 long slender apical denticles with 4 series trans- 
versly of basal elements; circuli fine, continuous. Lateral line on both 
sides, continuous, alind side of head anteriorly with many villose slender 
cutaneous flaps or tentacles. 
0. 57 to 59, fin height 1 9/lQ to 2 l/8 in head; A. 42 or 43, fin 
height 1 7/8 to 7; caudal 1 1/3 to 1 2/5, rounded behind; pectoral 1 4/5 to 
2 l/8; ventral 2 7/8 to 3, 
Right side mouse gray to drab, mottled or specked with dark brown 
to neutral black. Along dorsal base on body 6 or 7 gray white blotches also 
similar series on body above anal base. Orbits dark neutral gray. Dark or 
blackish specks of body extend over vertical fins. Pectoral mottled gray 
and darker, more or less bladeish terminally. Ventral like anal. Left 
side whitish, dark specks on vertical fins grayish, obsolete. Left paired 
fins whitish. 
India, iialaya, Ji>ast Indies, Philippines, Ojiinn. 
