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Depth 6 to 7; head 4^, 1/3 wider than deep. Snout 4 in head; eye 4, 
subequal with snout, 1/3 greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches front 
eye edge; mouth cleft inclined, lower jaw protruding; teeth fine, in many 
rows, above and below about 8 more or less canine like; palate toothless; 
front nostril tubular, at jaw edge; forehead slightly concave. 
Scales 45 in lateral series; l 6 transversely, 22 predorsal forward 
to eye. Postocular scales larger than those posterior, or 2 or 3 rows on 
upper part of opercle, head otherwise naked. 
D. VI - 12, first dorsal short, second dorsal 2/3 body depth; A. 9 
or 10, fin short; caudal rounded; pectoral rays 14, fin pointed; ventral 
short, long as postocular length. 
Upper part of body with 7 or 8 more or less indistinct dark cross 
bands. Dark band from snout through eye to opercle. Pale under portion 
of body separated from yellowish brown back by dark longitudinal band. 
Some of scales of upper side dark edged. Dorsals and upper half of caudal 
with dark spots or dots, other fins all clear. 
Length 30 to 50 mm. (^Teber.) 
East Indies, 
