Depth 6 4/5; head 5? width 3* Snout 5i head from snout tip; 
eye 4, greatly exceeds snout or interorbital; maxillary extends below front 
eye edge, length 3 in head from snout tip; teeth biserial in jaws, outer 
series with larger or canine-like ones at intervals; no teeth on palate; 
tongue long; slender, pointed, free; interorbital 5ilr? low, depressed or 
slightly concave. Gill rakers 5+15? slender, lanceolate, equal gill 
filaments, which 2 in eye. 
Squamous pits about 108 in axial lateral series to caudal base; 
20 transversely above anal origin. Pits indistinct or appear as if more 
or less obliterated on predorsal and about base of spinous dorsal fin. 
Pits all crowded posteriorly on body so that on caudal basally quite close 
or segregated, 
D. VI - 38, spines flexible, with fifth 2 in total head length, 
tenth ray ij; A. I_, 36, flexible spine 4; caudal 1 1/10, slightly emar- 
ginate, though ends of each ray extended in short filament; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 2j; pectoral 2; ventral 1 1/10, spine flexible, 3 in fin; 
pectoral rays 23; ventral I, 5* 
Mauve, with shades of pale green. Pinkish mauve in area of upper 
opercle and along back. Snout yellow. Large brown spots on cheeks. Violet 
spot below eye, which is banded with shades of bright yellow and emerald 
green. Top and bottom of eye cobalt. Dorsal banded longitudinaliy with 
pale blue, tips of rays yellow. Caudal deep yellow at base and lower rays 
shaded pale mauve. Pectorals brownish. Ventral violet, tips of rays 
lemon yellow. 
Natal, South Africa. 
