Depth 5j head 4, broader than deep* Snout broadly rounded, 
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scarcely interrupted by knob formed by hind extension of premaxillaries; 
eye 5 1/5 in head, little shorter than snout, 1 4/5 in interorbital; 
maxillary reaches \ in eye; mouth oblique, mandible projecting; tongue 
broad, subtruncate; each jaw with band of villiform teeth in outer row 
conic and enlarged; lower teeth with outer row wanting laterally, replaced 
with row of enlarged inner teeth; nostrils separated, anterior tubular 
and overhangs lip, posterior with dermal margins and near eye; interorbital 
very broad, flat. Gill opening extends forward opposite hind eye edge* 
Scales 37 in lateral series; 14 transversely between second dorsal 
and anal; 21 predorsal extend little forward of hind nostrils. Some scales 
on upper surface of head and cheek cycloid, rest ctenoid. Mo distinct 
mucigerous system above eye, and no supraciliary scales. Several rows of 
papillae downward from eye, 2 others cross cheek horizontally, other 
series above and behind preopercular edge and beneath mandible. 
D. VI - 9, first dorsal rounded, third spine not Teachings eccnd 
dorsal when depressed, soft dorsal graduated higher posteriorly; A. 8, 
like second dorsal; caudal broadly rounded; pectoral rays l6, fin rounded, 
reaches middle of interdorsal space; ventral rays I, 5? fins widely 
separated, reach over 2/3 to vent. Anal papilla large, subquadrate, 
hind edges fimbriate. 
Dark brown above, light below. Sides with dark longitudinal 
stripes between each row of scales, and many scales with pale median spot. 
Membranes of vertical fins dark between rays, on second dorsal and caudal 
numerous distinct yellowish ocelli in irregular rows. Similar ocelli on 
first dorsal, none on anal. Edge of second dorsal, and upper and lower 
caudal borders light, and anal broadly edged. Ventrals dusky, edges paler. 
Length 43 to 190 mm. (Me Culloch and Ogilby.) 
North Australia, Queensland. 
