Depth 5? head 3"1? width equals head behind eye. Snout slightly 
elevated; eye 3f in head, 1 1/3 in snout, 1 1/3 in interorbital; maxillary 
reaches \ in eye; mouth rather oblique, begins opposite upper eye edge, 
lower jaw longer; teeth in numerous closely set villiform rows in both 
jaws, inner slightly larger; anterior nostril tubular; upper surface of 
head nearly flat; no serrated ridge on head or preopercular spine. 
Scales 35 in lateral series; 11 transversely; 30 predorsal forward 
to snout. Scales ctenoid on body, predorsal not much smaller than on 
body, 8 between posterior ends of second dorsal and anal transversely. 
Large scales on cheek and opercle, and ? across interorbital. 
D. VI - I, 8, spines weak and extend slightly beyond membrane, 
2/3 body depth and equal hind rays of second dorsal; A. I, 7 , caudal wedge 
shaped; pectoral rays 15 , long as head behind middle of eye; ventral rays 
I, 5, little shorter than pectoral and e xtends over half way to anal base. 
Brownish, marbled with darker. Fins very dark due to fine black 
dots, and 3 or 4 bars of spots on dorsal spines and rays. Anal with black 
band along center and an external white edge. Caudal blackish. 
Length little over 75 mm* (Day.) 
Andaman Islands. 
