Depth 4 - 4 ; head 3 1 / 3 , greatest width equals length without snout. 
Snout very broad, depressed; eyes exceedingly small, directed upwards, 
separated by broad flat space; maxillary reaching behind orbit; mouth 
wide; teeth small, in band, outer series little larger, vomer toothless; 
cheek swollen; preopercle without spine. 
Scales 29 in lateral series; 8 transversely between soft dorsal 
and anal. Scales ctenoid. Gill covers and upper part of cheeks scaly, 
rest of head naked. . Preorbital and supraorbital ridge beset with rough 
prominences or spines. 
D. VI - 9 , hind part of second dorsal and anal slightly elevated; 
A. 8; caudal rounded, of moderate length. 
Brownish black, each scale with lighter margin. Back with 2 or 3 
yellowish blotches; first at spinous dorsal origin sometimes absent; second 
at soft dorsal origin and third on back of caudal peduncle. Dorsal fins 
colored as body underneath. Caudal nearly uniform white. Pectoral rays 
variegated with black. 
Length 63 mm. (Gunther.) 
Borneo. 
