1557 * 
ossus 
sib(5gae Weber 
Cynoglossua sibogae Weber , Siboga Expod., vol. 57, p, 442, fig. 83, 1913 
(type locality t Molo Strait, 69 to 91 meters; Salebabu, 36 meters). 
Depth 3 1 / 2 j head 4 1/^4, vfidth 4 l/4. Snout end to lower orbit 
2 3/4 in head; lower orbit 6, 2 l/s in snout, upper orbit l/2 in advance; 
maxillary reaches 3/4 in lower orbit; mouth corner midvreiy in head length; 
mouth cleft 5 in head, hook extended well back over symphysis of mandible; 
interorbital not defined, eyes touchin|^« ^ill rakers as row of minute 
feeble papillae; gill filaments 1 I /5 in lower orbits 
Scales 50 in median lateral line from above gill opening to caudal 
base (6 more forward on head to intersection above preopercle); 9 above to 
upper lateral line, 14 below to anal base* Lateral lines 2 on left side, 
none on right side# Scales with 24 or 25 basal radiating striae, edge notched 
angularly for each striae; 20 or 21 apical denticles, medial longest and 
transversely 2 or 3 rows of small ones basally; circuli fine# Right scales 
also ctenoid* 
D* 104, fin height 2 in head; A* 79, fin height 2; caudal 2 l/2, 
pointed behind; ventral 2 1/8* 
Left side buff to cream buff, mottled with clay color tints more 
or less as numerous longitudinal irregular, incomplete and waved streeks* 
Orbits gray* Vertical fins whitish, with small blackish brown spots or 
dots on rays, contrasted and producing specked appearance* Right side 
whitish, dark spots on vertical fins showing through paler or obscured* 
East Indies* 
^•6152 tSamiX{77 mm.) 
