Depth 3f; head 4j, width 2. Snout acute, shorter than eye; eye 3^ 
in head, equals interorbital; orbits smooth; maxillary not reaching eye; 
mouth cleft short; teeth in villiform bands; postocular groove incon¬ 
spicuous ; preopercle rounded, spineless. 
Scales 25 in lateral series; predorsal 13• Head scaled. 
Dorsal VI - I, 9 or 10, first fin obtusely rounded with 3 flexible 
spines longer than others which more than lower; second dorsal with obtuse 
posterior angle but lower than first dorsal; Anal I, 11, acute, lower than 
body; caudal obtusely convex, 4 2/3 in body; pectoral 5? obtuse, rays 13; 
ventral rays I, 5? length 6 in body. 
Body red anteriorly, green posteriorly, scale edges deeper color. 
First dorsal with yellow basal band, median band black, and above broad 
black border. Second dorsal violaceous with yellow spots. Pectoral 
violaceous, with double black and yellow basal spot. Other fins red, 
ventral and anal edged with black below. 
Length 59 mm. (Bleeker.) 
Sumatra. 
