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Depth 7 to 8; head 4 to 4|, width 1 1/3 to lj. Snout pointed; eye 
6 to 7 in head, I-4 to 2\ in interorbital; mouth begins level with middle 
of eye; teeth in jaws pluriserial, small, acute, upper outer series little 
larger, lower outer front series and inner hind series little enlarged; 
front nostril in short tube at snout edge; upper profile line little convex 
on snout and concave above eyes. 
Scales 85 to 90 in lateralseries; 25 transversely between soft 
dorsal and anal; 60 predorsal. Scales of head, trunk anteriorly and belly 
cycloid on middle and side of tail ctenoid. On head scales on preopercle 
and front of snout and head smallest. Groove above eye and opercle con¬ 
spicuous. Cheek with few or no grooves. 
D. VI - I, 9 or 10, third and fourth spines over twice in body 
depth, fin obtuse, second dorsal higher anteriorly but less than body 
depth; A. I, 8 or 9, shorter than second dorsal; caudal obtusely rounded, 
less or not longer than head without snout; pectoral rajs 15 to 17, 
obtusely rounded, little shorter than head without snout; ventral rays I, 
5, not much shorter than pectoral. Anal papilla rudimentary, conic, com¬ 
pressed. 
Above brownish green or deep olive, below greenish golden. Iris 
green, pupil edged golden. Fins violaceous or brown, rays golden. Dorsals 
and caudal occasionally variegated brownish. Caudal base above with black 
red edged ocellus. Ventrals edged red below. 
Length 70 to 180 mm. (Bleeker.) 
