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Depth 5 1/3? head 4 3/5? width if. Snout 5 in head from snout 
tip5 eye 4, greater than snout, equals interorbital; maxillary sub¬ 
vertical, reaches 4/5 to eye, length 3 in head from snout tip; teeth 
conic, large, well spaced, sharp pointed, 10 in each jaw, none on palate; 
interorbital 3 3/5 in head from snout tip, low, convex. Gill opening 
restricted, leave moderately narrow isthmus. 
Scales minute, nonimbricate, rounded, imperfectly developed or 
only on tail where more numerous posteriorly. 
D. VI - 28, i, last spine 1 2/3 in total head length, first ray 
if; A. 26, i, second ray if; caudal 1, truncate; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 2; pectoral 1 1/8, rays 23; ventral I, 4, fin 1 in head. 
Brown, scarcely paler below, with 21 narrow pale brown trans- 
verse bands, narrower than dark interspaces, and each with dark brown 
bordering line. Iris grayish. Fins all light brown like general body 
color, only upper edge of both dorsals narrowly black with submarginal 
gray line. Broad pale brown transverse band on pectoral base, its front 
and hind margins each with dark brown bordering line. 
Diagnosis contained in the description of the genus. 
U.S.N.M., No. 99048. Dasol Bay. May 8, 1909. Length 95mm. 
[1535.,! Type. 
