Depth 4 7/8 to 5j head 3 2/5 to 3|, width lg to 1 2/3* Snout 4*>- 
to 5 in head; eye 3 1/3 to 3 ^, greatly exceeds snout or interorbital; 
maxillary reaches 2/5 to £ in eye, length 2 *j>- to 2 4/5 in head; teeth 
conic, simple, small, uniserial in joys; interorbital narrow, depressed, 
sunken between eyes and impinging on upper profile of head, bony width 
2/5 of eye. Gill opening 2 in head. 
Scales 24 + 2 in lateral axial series; 7 transversely above anal 
origin. Predorsal, head, breast, chest, prepectoral region and belly 
naked. Caudal base scaly. Scales with 13 or 14 basal radiating striae; 
row of 30 to 35 apical denticles, slender, moderate and sharply pointed; 
circuli coarse. 
D. VI - I, 9, 1, first spine extends to middle of soft dorsal 
base, in small examples first spine lj- in head, first branched ray l\ to 
2; A. I, 8 , i, last branched ray 1 2/3 to 2; caudal 1 to 1 1/5, convex 
posteriorly; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2 1 / 5 ; pectoral 1 , rays 
16; ventral I, 7 , fin 1 1/6 to 1 1/3 in head. Anal papilla slender cu¬ 
taneous flap, end notched, about long as pupil. 
Brown, nearly uniform or seldom scarcely paler. Iris gray. Pair 
of close set dark brown spots midway in predorsal, followed by 10 to 12 
more dark though less conspicuous spots all along back, of which 4 usually 
below each dorsal. Five or 6 still less distinct darker blotches along 
lower edge of tail, with at least 3 on under surface of caudal peduncle. 
Ill defined dark blotch at caudal base. Fins brownish, often little darker 
marginally.' Caudal with 4 transverse series of dark spots on membranes. 
Paired fins uniformly pale. 
Polynesia. Characterized by the pair of close set dark brownish 
to black spots on the occiput, well behind the eyes or midway in the pre¬ 
dorsal region. 
