Depth 3 ^ to 3 2/3; head equals depth, longer than deep. Snout 4 
in head; eye 4; maxillary reaches below front border of eye; interorbital 
width 3 to 3i in head. 
Scales 27 or 28 in a longitudinal series; 8 or 9 between dorsal 
and anal origins. 
Dorsal VI - I, 9, longest rays of first dorsal 3/5 to 2/3 length 
of head, of second dorsal 2/3 to |; Anal I, 11, longest rays 3/5 to 2/3; 
pectoral 4/5. 
Pale olive brown. A small black humeral spot. Dorsals black in 
male, with round white spots, grayish in female. Caudal faintly barred. 
Length 65 mm. (Boulenger.) 
Palawan. Said by Boulenger to be nearest allied with Asterropteryx 
compressus Krefft. 
