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Depth 8, body elongated, anteriorly cylindrical, posteriorly com- 
pressed. Head 5, obtuse, width 2 in its depth. Front profile of snout 
very convex or truncate. Dye 4 in head, more than twice lone- as snout, 
orbits smooth, close together, haxillarv reaches below hind eye ed^e* 
Jaws subequal. Teeth in bands in jaws, outer row enlarged: single canin 
each side of lower jaw. Postocular groove conspicuous. 
Scales 78 in lateral seri 
es. 
Head naked 
Dorsal VI - I, 1? or 13 , lower than body: Anal I, 12 or 11: caudal 
long as head: pectoral rays 19 : ventral rays I, 7* 
Body with irregular rosy spots and transverse deep rosy cross bands 
Head with golden red ocelli, edged with purple. Dorsals pearly green, 
edged with golden, spines and rays variegated with brown, and membranes 
sparingly-with pearly ocelli. Caudal golden yellow, below violaceous. 
Anal with basal half of fin golden yellow marked with small pale blue 
ocelli: terminal half of fin golden red with 3 longitudinal blue bands. 
Pectoral yellow basally, variegated with pale rosy. Ventral rays golden 
membranes bluish. 
■ Length 75 mm. 
(Bleeker.) 
J ava, Sadong, Nu sa Laut 
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