Depth 4; head 3^? width little less than its own depth. Snout 
4-4 in head: eye 4^, subequal with snout, greater than interortital: 
maxillary reaches just beyond front eye edge, length in profile 2 7/8 
heap, lover teeth with outer row of 3 , short, thick ones on each side, 
terminating in very large, backward-curved canine; interorbital broad, £ 
of eve. 
Scales 58 in lateral series; 20 transversely, 22 predorsal. Head 
naked, except 4 rows of small scales on upper part of opercle. Scales on 
nape smaller than on sides and extend forward almost to eyes. Pectoral 
base scaly. 
P. VI - 14-, fourth spine 1 3/5 in head, first ray 1 7/8, last 
ray l{; A. I, 13, first ray 2 1/8, last ray lj; caudal 1 , little pointed 
behind: least depth of caudal peduncle 2 1 / 8 : pectoral 1 1 / 8 , rays I, 12 , 
I: ventral I, 55 fin li in head. 
Color in alcohol dusky brown above, very pale below. Narrow dark 
brown band around snout on upper lip to eye, continues back to upper part 
of caudal base and hind part very faint. Similar band encircles chin, 
from mouth corner across preopercle to pectoral base, where apparently 
ending, though continues beneath pectoral back along middle of side to 
large, circular, blackish brown spot on caudal base. Five wide blackish 
bands, with indefinite edges cross back and descend on sides, thus forming 
o oblong whitish spots along middle of side, between the 2 longitudinal 
bands. Each scale on back and side with more or less evident, small,, 
central whitish spot, these forming longitudinal rows. Top of snout 
dark brown. Dorsals and an&ls brownish, membranes faintly specked with 
minute brown dots. Other fins without distinctive markings. 
Length 60 mm. 
Philippines 
(ITerre.) 
