Depth 4 2/3 to 5s~? ? head 2^ to 2 - 4 , width 1 4/5 to 2. Snout 3 4/5 
to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 6 -^, l^r to 2 in snout, 1§ to if in. inter¬ 
orbital; maxillary reaches ^ in eye, expansion equals eye, length 2 1/3 to 
2 2/5 in head from snout tip; tongue broadly convex in front; teeth quadri- 
serial in jaws; mandibulars biserial laterally, rather large or innermost 
row largest; interorbital 5* slightly depressed; 4 small horizontal ridges 
on cheek; bony postocular keel to preopercle. Gill rakers 2 «f 9? low 
asperous tubercles lj-r in eye. 
Scales 38 or 39'+"6 in axial lateral series; 11 transversely at 
soft dorsal origin, 3 2 predorsal, l6 rows on cheek to angle of preopercle 
ridge. Scales with 15 to 29 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 23 
to 30 ■+• 22 to 30 * 
D. VII - 10, i or 11, t, third spine 2^ to 2 4/5 in total head 
length, third ray 2 1/3 to 2j; A. 1, 7, I, third ray 2 1/3 to 2 3/5*, caudal 
1 2/5 to 1 «, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 1/8 to 4; 
pectoral !§•; ventral 2 1/8 to 2 -f. 
Back dusicy brown, mottled with blackish. Belov/, head and belly 
whitish, soiled with dusky. Several large dark blotches on mandible and 
clusters of blackish dots on whitish branchiostegal membranes. Iris gray. 
Dorsals pale or grayish, clouded with blackish brown. Anal transparent or 
whitish with 2 or 3 irregular rows of blackish brown blotches. Caudal 
with 4 or 5 transverse blackish brown bands, general color dull brown. 
Pectoral pale, each ray with ^ ov 6 blackish brown blotches. Ventral 
whitish, with 3 or 4 blackish brown blotches. 
Bast Indies, Philippines, China, Korea, Manchuria, Japan. Reaches 
195 ram* 
