Depth 5&; head 9^, higher than long. Snout very short; eye 3$, 
equals interorbital; maxillary reaches 2 i n eye, length 2 in head; mouth 
cleft well inclined, lower jaw prominent; inner teeth of jaws small, 
outer row enlarged, curved, and anteriorly 4 canines, in lower jaw 2 
canines before and 2 behind symphysis; median fronto-nuchal cutaneous 
keel. 
Scales 105 in lateral series; ctenoid, conspicuously larger 
posteriorly. Vertex of head scaled. 
D. VI - I, 31, fins continuous basally, spines lower than body, 
acute, second longest, rays twice in body depth or more than twice longer 
than spines; A. I, 31? little lower than second dorsal; caudal 3 i to 
3 1/3 in total length, acutely lanceolate, median rays e xtended in fila¬ 
ment; pectoral rays 20 or 21, obtusely rounded; ventral with spine and 
4 rays, shorter than head. 
Body rose or greenish rose above, below silvery. Iris yellow. 
Cheek with 2 longitudinal short blue lines. Dorsals clear rose with 3 
or 4 blue longitudinal bands. Anal violaceous. Caudal with golden rose 
membrane, between each ray small bluish ocelli. Pectoral yellowish rose, 
fleshy base below with short blue line. Ventrals golden. 
Length 159 mm. (Bleeker.) 
East Indies. 
