! 7 ° 
Depth 6 3 / 7 , body long, low; head 3 2/5> width 2 1/5* Snout 4-1 
in head, narrow, blunt: eye 4 1/10, oblique, dorsolateral; maxillary 
reaches below front pupil edge; mouth oblique, lower jaw slightly pro- 
jecting; upper teeth triserial, outer row enlarged; short row of enlarged 
♦ 
lower teeth, ending in backward-curved canine, followed by 3 more rows, 
those of middle rows minute, of innermost row larger than 2 middle ones; 
V 
* 
interorbital very narrow. 
Scales 68 in lateral series. Head and nape naked back to first 
dorsal. Scales on posterior half of body much larger than those on 
anterior half of body. Scales appear cycloid, but really ctenoid, minute 
apical denticles very fragile. 
D. VI - I, 11, first fin considerably advanced from second, not 
reaching latter when depressed, median rays longest or 2 -^ in head; A. I, 
10 , like second dorsal, not reaching caudal when depressed, equals first 
dorsal in height; caudal peduncle depth little over 2 in head; caudal 1 1 / 9 , 
subtruncate; pointed paired fins subequal or ll in head. 
Color in alcohol uniform brown, with an inconspicuous, wide, dark 
brown band passing back from eye along upper part of side and disappearing 
beneath origin of second dorsal. First dorsal light brown basally, with 
wide, clear horizontal band above, rest of fin blackish brown. Cecond 
dorsal dark brown, vaguely crossbarred by 2 rows of pale spots. Caudal 
light brown, with crossbars of blackish brown. Anal light brown, margin 
blockish. Pectoral color of body. Ventral brovm, middle blackish brown. 
Length 31 mm. 
Sulu, Philippines. 
(Rerre.) 
