1378. 
Depth 2 1/3 to 2 2/5; head 4 2/3 to 4 4/5, width 3 l/3 to 3 2/3. 
Snout end to lower orbit 2 3/4 to 3 in heed; lower orbit 5 l/2 to 7, 1 7/8 
to c in snout; upper oroit 1/3 to 1/2 in advance of 1 lower; mouth cleft 
curved, reaches l/3 to 2/5 in lower orbit, length from snout tip 2 3/4 to 
3 in head from snout end; scaly interorbital 7 to 7 l/2, 1 l/5 to 1 l/2 
in lower orbit, concave. No gill rakers; gill filaments long as lower 
orbit. 
Scales from above gill opening 72 to 74 to caudal base (10 or 11 
more tubular forward on head towards upper eye to dorsal intersection); 
32 or 33 above, 37 or 38 below. Right scales ctenoid, left cycloid. Scales 
with 9 to 11 basal raoiating striae; 7 or 8 rather long diverging apical 
denticles, with 2 or 3 series transversely of basal elements; circuli fine. 
Lateral line complete on both sides of body. 
h. 64 to 68, fin height 1 4/5 to 2 l/8 in head; A. 52 to 55, fin 
height 1 l/2 to 1 4/5; caudal 1 l/3 to 1 3/6; right pectoral 2 l/2 to 3 l/4; 
right ventral 2 l/2 to 3. 
Largely umber on right side, mottled with paler. Body color 
extends vertical fins, all of which with narrow white border formed by 
white tip to each ray. Oribts slate. Pectoral gray or gray white, marg¬ 
inally, medially blackish. Right ventral brown. Left side whitish, verti¬ 
cal fins blackish brown submarginally, with narrow whitish edge all around 
formed by white tips of rays, 
Malaya, Siam, East Indies, Philippines, Rorth Australia, Melanesia. 
8410. Cebu market, Cebu. March 19, 1909. Length 298 mm. 
8455. 
Cebu market. March 27, 1909. Length 346 mm. 
