Head 4 in total length, large, broad; body narrower than head. 
Snout of moderate length; orbit 6 in head; mouth cleft rather oblique; 
throat very much inflated; lower jaw rather longer than upper; teeth 
small, disposed on each jaw in numerous rows; interorbital 4 2/3 in head, 
preooercle without a spine; some elevated longitudinal lines on pre- 
opercle. 
Scales 37 or 38 in lateral series; 11 transversely. Scales ciliated 
on edge, entirely striated longitudinally. Head naked, 
Dorsal IX - 9; Anal 8 ; soft dorsal and anal high, rays rather 
longer than others; caudal 5 in total length, elongated, rounded, formed 
of 14 rather long rays and several shorter ones; paired fins subequal, 
end little before hind root of first dorsal. 
In alcohol dark brown. No black spot on pectoral base. 
Little over 75 mm. (Castelnau.) 
Western Australia. 
