1559. 
Depth 3 4/5 to 4; head 4 I /4 to 4 l/S, iddth 5 to 5 l/5. 
Snout to lower orbit 2 I /5 to 2 I /3 in head; lower orbit 9 to 9 l/3. 
^ ^ 1^ snout; upper orbit l/4 to l/3 in advance of lower; 
mouth cleft curved, hook of upper jaw encroaching well back over 
mandible, cleft reaches opposite or slightly behind lower orbital 
edge, length 4 3/4 to 5 in head; interorbital 1/2 of lower orbit, 
concave, scaly, till rakers absent; gill filaments 1 I /2 times low«r 
orbit. 
Scales 70 to 76 in lateral line from above gill opening to 
caudal base (8 or 9 more forward on head to dorsal intersection); 12 
or 13 above to upper lateral line, 13 or 14 below to anal base. 
Scales moderately anall about edges of body end on basal sheaths of 
dorsal end anal. Caudal base finely scaled. Scales with 28 to 30 basal 
radiating striae; apical denticles; 38 to 40 slender apical denticles, 
vrith 3 to 7 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. Scales 
ctenoid on both sides of body. Left side with 2 lateral lines, none on 
right side. 
D. 103 to 109, fin height 3 l/2 to 4 in hoed; A. 72 to 80, fin 
height 3 l/5 to 3 l/4; caudal 2 I /4 to 2 3/4; ventral 3 7/8 to 4. 
Left side brown, each scale with more or less obscure pale spot 
basally though scarcely forming contrasted color pattern. Orbits dark 
neutral gray, ^ins all gray brown, rays little darker or more brownish. 
Right side whitish, fins grayish. 
Burma, Malaya, East Indies, Philippines. 
