from up:er jaw tip; eye 2-1/3 to 4; x Lla interorbital 
5 to 7-1/4. 
Body compressed, deepest at ventral es least depth o 
peduncle 1-1/3 to 1-2/3 its length or 3-2/5 to 4 in total head length. 
Snout conic, long as wide. lye high, close to upper profile, posterior 
edge of pupil about middle of head, slightly advanced in smaller example. 
Maxillary to pupil or ghtly beyond its front edge; expansion 1-5/6 to 
e in eyee Bands of viliform teeth in jaws, on vomer and palatines. Inter~ 
orbital about level. tfreorbital with broad spine directed below, followed 
by 5 to 5 small denticles and then a larger one in front of infraorbital 
preopercle spine slightly longer than eye; posterior edge of preoperc 
> 
finely denticulate; opercle with 2 spines, close-set or moderately Spaced. 
e/ 
> 
Gill-rakers iv, 2 or 347 or 8, v, lanceolate, about as long as filaments 
or & in eyes Scales finely ctenoid; 27 to 30 small marginal apical den- 
ticles; 2 to 4 basal striae; circuli very 
scales. Spinous dorsal origin about last third between posterior 
x=) 
> a . ° . € bd 4 Ss > fa 
of eye amd pectoral origin; third spine 2 in head; second ray 1-3/4 to 
2-1/6; third anal spine 1-2/3 to 2; pectoral 1-1/2 to 1-2/3; 
1-1/2 to 1-3/5. 
Color in alcohol pale uniform brownish. Lach 
broad pale obsolete band. Fins all pale uniform brown. 
preopercle edge finely and evenly denticulate, becoming 
unevenly so with age. Length 55 to 252 
Samoa. e 
Thornton Island 
in the Academy, the former included above. 
