Depth 6; head 4-, width l^. Snout acute; eye 4-jj? to 5 in head, 
subequal or greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches ^ in eye; mouth 
begins before middle in depth of eye, protrudes in front; teeth in few 
series in jaws, acutely curved, spaced in outer series; large curved, erect 
canine as pair in front above, besides one each side medio-lateral, also 
medio-lateral each side below; front nostril at snout end, tubular. 
Scales 80 in lateral series; 20 transversely between second dorsal 
and anal fins. Scales on head small. 
D. VI -I, 10, first dorsal lower than body depth, second dorsal 
little higher than first; A. I, 9 subequal with second dorsal; caudal 
obtusely rounded, subequal with head excluding snout; pectoral rays 15, 
obtusely rounded, little longer than postocular part of head; ventral not 
shorter than pectoral, rays I, 5* Anal papilla compressed, oblong quadrate. 
Body greenish above, below yellowish. Fins rosy or yellowish. 
Length 4-5 to 63 mm. (Bleeker.) 
East Indies. Distinguished from Odonteleotris macrodon by its 
dentition and size of eyes. 
