Depth 4 to 4^; head 2 4/5 to 2 7/8, width 1 2/5 to 1 4/5* Snout 
to 4*| in head from snout tip: eye 3~1 to 4, greater than snout or 
interorbital: mouth oblique; maxillary 3 i~ to 3 1/35 teeth in jaws fine, 
slender, uniserial: tongue slender, broadly convex in front; interorbital 
3 1/3 to 3 ‘ 4 ? level. Gill rakers 2 f 7, lanceolate, 2 in gill filaments 
or 2 in eye. 
Scales 20 or 21 -f -3 in median lateral series; 7 or 8 transversely; 
7 to 9 predorsal. Scales with 15 to 21 basal radiating striae; apical 
denticles 20 to 25 f- 20 to 25 ; circuli fine. 
D. VI - _I, 6 , 1, third spine 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in total head length, 
fifty ray 1 to 1 1/3 5 A. I, 6 , fourth ray 1 1 / 8 ; caudal 1 1 / 5 ; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 2 1/8 to 2 1 / 5 ; pectoral 1 1/3 to 1 - 4 ; ventral 
1 1/8 to 1 1 / 3 . 
Pale brown, with 6 broad dusky brown transverse bands on trunk and 
tail; first at hind part of opercle; second from front of spinous dorsal; 
third from close behind spinous dorsal; fourth from front of soft dorsal to 
that of anal; fifth close behind soft dorsal and anal; sixth widest and on 
middle of caudal peduncle. Iris silvery. Dorsals and caudal more or less 
dusky. Pectoral and ventral pale brown. 
