Depth 4^; head 3 2/5 to 3 3/5? wedge-shaped viewed from above. 
Snout short, convex, steeply descending, 3 2/3 to 5 in head from snout 
tip; eye 3 2/3 to 5? elevated; mouth terminal, jaws equal; maxillary 
reaches opposite hind eye edge or nearly eye diameter beyond, lergth 2 1/3 
in head; upper lip protractile; tongue notched; teeth slender, erect, 
pointed, 3 nov/s in each jaw, in outer lower row widely spaced and outer 
upper row shorter than other two; interorbital narrow, 3 in eye. 
No scales. 
D. VI - I, 9, third spine 1 9/10 in head, first branched ray 1 9/10; 
A. I, 9? first branched ray 2; caudal 1-4'? convex behind; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 34 j pectoral 1 1/8, ends in point behind; ventral 1 1/8, 
rays I, 5• Anal papilla very short, blunt. 
In alcohol whitish, with 3 broad, brown, crossbars over back, ex¬ 
tend diagonally forward down sides of belly; first under first dorsal, 
second under second dorsal, and third close behind second dorsal. Wide 
brown blotch or crossband in front of first dorsal, above pectoral base. 
Series of brown or black reticulations on lower half of body behind 
pectoral. Between all these bands body sprinkled with minute brown specks, 
leaving ground color as series of white spots and dots. Cheek and post¬ 
ocular with small dark brown dots. First dorsal marked by 2 brown to black 
longitudinal bands or 2 or 3 wows of deep brown spots. Second dorsal cross 
barred by 4 rows of dark brown spots. Caudal base with white spot 
surrounded by broad, dark brown band and posteriorly 2 large white spots 
near upper and lower edges, rest of fin crossbarred by large brown spots. 
Pectoral crossbarred by 3 or 4 rows of large brov/n spots. Anal and 
ventrals colorless. 
Length 11 to 44 mm. (Herre.) 
