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Depth 5h 6 ? head 3 2/5 to 3^:, width to if. Snout 3 7/8 to 
4 in head from snout tip; eye 5f to 6 1 / 3 , 1 2/3 to 2 in snout, 1 7/8 to 
2 in interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge or little 
beyond, length 2 to 2 1/8 in head from snout tip; teeth finely villiform, 
in broad bands in jaws, and broadly villiform band on vomer, none on 
palatines; interorbital 3 to 3 1 / 8 , low, depressed, only very slightly 
convex; preopercular spine not exposed, short. Gill rakers 4 +> 12, short 
points, \ of gill filaments, which equal eye. 
Scales 110 to 120 4*7 to 10 in lateral line; 28 to 30 transversely 
above anal origin; 50 to 55 predorsal forward to upper lip; head largely 
covered with fine scales, lips and branchiostegal region naked; pectoral 
and caudal bases scaly, other fins naked. Scales with 40 + 40 evenly 
radiated striae; circuli fine. 
Dorsal VI - I, 10, t to I, 12, I, third spine 3 to 3^ in total 
head length, seventh ray 2 1/5 to 2f; Anal I, 9, I, seventh ray 2 1/8 to 
2 1 /3; caudal 1 1/5 to 1 2/5; least cfepth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2*jr; 
pectoral ij to if, rays i, 15 ; ventral rays 1,5, fin 1 7/8 to 2 1/8 in 
total head length. Anal papilla rounded flap large as large. 
Largely uniform brown, little paler on under surface of head 
and belly. More or less obscurely marbled darker, markings fading in 
alcohol. Round black white edged ocellus, its dark area large as eye, at 
bases of upper caudal rays. Iris gray. Fins brown. Soft dorsal with 
4 to 6 darker blotches, forming bars on each membrane. Caudal with as 
many dark transverse similar bands. Other fins uniformly brownish. 
East Indies, Malaya, Siam, Philippines, China, Micronesia, 
Polynesia. 
