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Depth 3 3/5; head 3 1/3, width 1 1/8. Snout 4 2/5 in head from snout 
tip, length in profile 1/3 its width at front of eye; eye 9 * 4 ? 2 in snout, 
4 in interorbital; maxillary reaches % in eye, length about 4 in head from 
snout tip; mouth but little inclined, lower jaw slightly longer; teeth equal, 
fine, in broad bands, inner row in both jaws somewhat enlarged; interorbital 
low, 2 1/6 in head from snout tip. 
Scales 32 to 3 4 in lateralseries; 10 transversely. Most bodyscales 
with pair of small auxiliary basal scales above and another pair below. All 
scales on head small. 
D. VI - I, 8 , third spine 2-| in total head length, third branched 
ray 2 1/8; A. I, 8 , third branched ray 1 4/5; caudal 1 1/10, convex behind; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 2 |-; pectoral 1 1 / 5 , rays 21 or 22 ; ventral 
1 1/3. 
Light ord'ark brown, with obscure darker marbling and indication of 
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longitudinal streaks. First dorsal with yellowish band like blotches. All 
other fins dark. Second dorsal, anal and caudal with obscured spots, forming 
cross bands on pectoral. Ventral uniform. 
Length 65 to 23 O mm. (TCeber.) 
New Guinea. Appears to differ from the imperfectly described genotype 
in fewer dorsal and anal rays. 
