Depth 5 2/3 in total; head 4. Eye 4jjs in head, 2 in snout, 2 in 
.interorbital; maxillary not quite reaching eye; mouth cleft arched, lower 
jaw protruding* 
Scales 35 in lateral series; 10 transversely. Scales strongly 
ctenoid, small at pectoral base, largest on tail. ' 
D * VZI ~ b 10 * first fin lower than second; A. _I, 10 or 11, similar 
to second dorsal; caudal truncate; ventral shorter than caudal, pointed. 
Sides of body dark brown, belly pale yellowish brown. Large obscure 
blackish blotches on side of body, under surfaces sprinkled with reddish 
brown. Cheek with 3 longitudinal blackish-brown streaks. Broken whitish 
angular cross band over head and crown connecting hind eye edges. Lip 
edge black. At end of gill cover a long blotch. Snout blotched with 
blackish. Dorsals and caudal with 3 bo 6 rows of* blackish soots, more 
7 
distinct on former, smaller on caudal. Large obscure brown blotch in 
pectoral axil, and in front half of pectoral rays near base whitish cross 
streak, posteriorly brownish. Ventrals sprinkled with blackish posteriorly 
(Steindachner.) 
