Depth 4 to 4 7 / 8 ; head 2 3/5 to 2f, width if to 1 3 / 5 . Snout 5 1/5 
to' in head from snout tip; eye 7 3/5 to 9 , lj to 1 3/5 in snout, 2 f to 
2 2/3 in interorbital; maxillary extends back obliquely opposite middle ' 
of eye, length 2 f to 3 1/5 in head from snout tip; upper outer enlarged 
series of conic teeth, more or less uniform and usually single conic large 
tooth forward at middle of upper jaw, inner band of villiform teeth with 3 
or 4 transversely, all around jaws; lower teeth anteriorly like upper, 
posteriorly each side giving rise to inner enlarged series much same as 
outer enlarged anterior series; no teeth on tongue or palate; interorbital 
3-4 4 in head from snout tip. Gill rakers 4 4-12, 2/5 of gill filaments, 
which if times eye. 
Scales 72 to 75 in axial lateral s eries from suprascapula to caudal 
base; 29 or 30 transversely above anal base, 45 to 50 predorsal forward 
opposite nostrils* Scales with 12 to 13 basal radiating striae; single row 
of 38 or 39 apical denticles; circuli fine, only complete basally. 
D. VI - I, 9 , i, third spine 2 7/3 to 3 1/8 in total head length; A. 
I_, 8 , sixth ray 2 2/5 to 2 2 / 3 ; caudal 1 1/6 to 1 1 / 3 , convex behind; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 2 j to 2 2 / 3 ; pectoral 1 2/3 to if, rays 1 , 18 ; 
ventral I, 5, fin 1 7/8 to 2 in total head length. 
Gray brown to brownish. Along side 5 large blackish more or less 
irregular blotches, variable, penultimate more or less crescentic and last as 
large rounded one on caudal base. Dark streak back from eye to upper edge 
gill opening. Iris slaue, pupil greenish. Under surface of head and 
abdomen pale to soiled whitish due to dusky mottlings made up of dark or 
blackish brown dots. Dorsals grayish, variegated with black, as large blotch 
on spinous fin, more broken blotches on soft fin. Caudal grayish, with 5 
blackish crescentic bars posteriorly. Anal grayish, with 6 variable oblique 
dark bands. Paired fins gray, with transverse dark bands, two d ark bars on 
caudal base. 
