1405 . 
Soloiohthys lineatus McCulloch , Austral. Mus. Kam., No. 5, pt. 2, 
p. 283, Sep. 10, 1923 (reference). 
Depth 2 4/5 to 2 7/8; head 5 l/2 to 5 2/3, width 2 1/4 to 3. 
Snout end to lower orbit 3 4/5 to 4 in head; lower orbit 4 4/5 to 5 l/4, 
1 1/8 to l 1/4 in snout, opposite to 1/4 in advance of upper orbit; 
mouth cleft reaches l/4 to 1/3 in lower orbit, length 3 to 3 1/4 in head; 
nasal tentacle 1 1/4 times lower orbit; scaly interorbital 2 l/2 to 3 in 
lower orbit. Gill rakers as few very* minute rudimentary papillae; gill 
filaments long as lower orbit * 
Scales 88 to 90 in lateral line from above gill opening to cau¬ 
dal base and 7 or 8 more on latter ( 7 more forward on head to dorsal 
intersection ); 22 or 23 above* 35 to 37 below* Scales all ctenoid* Scales 
with 5 basal radiating striae; 11 or 12 rather long slender pointed apical 
denticles; circuli fine continuous* 
D* 88 to 90, fin height 1 2/o to 2 in head; A* 75 or 76, fin 
height 1 3/5 to 1 2/3; caudal 1 1/4, rounded behind; pectoral 2 1/8 to 2 
1/6; ventral 2 l/4 to 2 4/5* 
Ecru drab generally or right side with many variable transverse 
close-set darker to drab bands, often as pairs, and all with still darker 
narrow cox*denng lines* Often transverse dark bands more widened and 
broken or irregular towards caudal and all extending on vertical fins* 
Vertical fins all darker subterminally, with narrow whitish edge* Oribits 
grays* Left side whitish, vertical fins pale basally, cubterminally black¬ 
ish brown, edges whitish* 
Andamans, East Indies, Philippines, Queensland, New South Wales, 
Melanesia, Micronesia* 
