Depth 6/; head 5> width 1 4/9. Snout 34 in head: eye 6J, 2 in 
snout, 24 in interorbital; maxillary reaches 1/3 in eye, very oblique, 
length 2 2/5 in head from snout tip; mouth very oblique, with thick heavy 
jaw and strongly projecting chin giving a bull dog-like appearance; 
interorbital gently convex. 
Scales 165 in lateral series; 38 to 40 transversely. 
D. VI_ - I, 10, third spine 3 1/5 in total head length, eighth branched 
ray 2; A. I, 10, eighth 1 7/8; caudal 1 1/10; least depth of caudal peduncle 
1 4/7; pectoral ll; ventral 1 4/5. Anal papilla thin, short, triangular. 
In alcohol straw yellow, bleaching to nearly white before ventrals, 
and darker on top of head and back. Two parallel narrow brown bands 
extend along each side to caudal base, upper beginning little way back 
of eye, other in pectoral axil. Caudal with semicircular bars of pale and 
dark brown spots, bther fins uniform pale brownish, like belly. 
Length 65 mm. 
Philippines. 
(Herre.) 
