Depth 4 to 4^; head 3 1/5 to 3 1/2, width 1-4 to lg-. Snout 5 to 6 
in head; eye 3 to 3 7/8, greater than snout or interorbital; maxillary 
reaches A- below eye, length 2\ to 2 4/5 in head; teeth small, uniserial in 
each jaw with pair of enlarged wide set canines in mandible; interorbital 
level, depressed between eyes which impinging on upper profile, width half 
of eye. Gill opening lateral, 1/3 of head. 
Scales 25-f- 2 in axial lateral series; 9 transversely above anal 
origin. Head, predorsal, prepectoral, breast, chest and belly naked. Caudal 
base scaly. Scales with 10 or 11 basal radiating striae; 28 or 29 apical 
denticles, small, short points; circuli moderate. 
D. VI - I, 9? t, first spine 12/5 to ljjr in head, sixth ray 1 2/5 
to 1 2/3; A. 1, 7» fifth ray 1 4/5; caudal 1 1/8 to 1-jj, hind edge convex; 
least depth of caudal 1 7/8 to 2; pectoral 1 to 1 1/8, rays vi, 8; ventral 
I, 5, fin subequal with or equals head. 
Pale brownish. Along lower side of body 9 slightly darker short 
vertical bars, of which 3 above anal base and 3 posterior. Iris gray. 
Several slightly darker blotches on cheek. Fins all uniformly pale. 
Po lyne s ia. 
