Depth 4 1/3 to 5 1/8; head 3 1/5 to 3 3/5, width 1 1/3 to 1 2/5- 
Snout 3 3/5 to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 7 1/3 to 81, 1 7/8 to in 
snout, 2j to 3-4 in interorbital; maxillary reaches \ in eye to opposite 
hind eye edge, length 2 1/5 to in head from snout tip; teeth finely villi- 
form, in broad bands in jaws with outer upper little enlarged, also inner 
upper row slightly enlarged and depressible; sometimes outer row of lower 
teeth little enlarged; no teeth on palate; front end of tongue convex; 
interorbital 2 4/5 to 3 1/3, broadly convex. Gill rakers l-f-9, lanceolate, 
short, ll- in gill filaments which nearly long as eye. 
Scales 73 to 80 d to 10 in axial lateral series; 22 or 23 trans¬ 
versely above anal origin; 48 to 52 predorsal forward to upper lip. Head 
finely scaly, except lips, mandible and branchiostegal region. Cheek with 
2 horizontal rows of papillae, crossed in front by 5 rows radiating down 
vertically from lower eye edge; row along preopercle flange; 2 rows across 
well into interorbital from upper edge of each eye; row of large pores 
along face of each mandibular ramus. Scales 30 or 31 basal radiating striae; 
circuit fine, coarser or obsolete apically. 
C • VI - I_, 9? i, fourth spine 3 2/5 to 3 7/8 in total head length, 
ninth ray 1 7/8 to 2; A. 1, 8, 1, eighth ray 2 to 2 2/5; caudal 1 1/8 to l£; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 1 4/5 to 2 1/5; pectoral l|- to , rays i, 14; 
ventral rays I, 5, fin 1 4/5 to 2 1/8 in total head length. Anal papilla 
short, flattened flap, half length of pupil. 
Dark blackish brov/n, largely uniform. Each scale on body with 
slightly paler small inconspicuous spot. Iris dark gray. Obscure dark ocellus 
about size of eye at bases of upper caudal rays. 
Siam. My examples do nox show "two oblique darks tripes on the 
cheek, radiating from the eye" as described by Gunther, perhaps due to 
preservation. The dark caudal ocellus is also quite obscure. 
