some small dark spots. Dorsals and caudal pale brown, with 7 to 9 dark 
brown small spots on each ray, these forming waved cross lines. Anal gray 
brown, paler basally. Paired fins brownish, ventral little darker 
terminally. 
Japan. A handsome species with pleasing checkered color pattern, 
and the markings often quite variable. Though the under surface of the 
head is often quite speckled, the chest, breast and belly are mostly 
uniformly pale. 
