OPHICEPHALTDAE 
Ophiceph@lue: striatus Bloch 
Head 3; depth 64; D, 41; A. 253 scales 50 in lateral line 
to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 5 scales above lateral line 
to dorsal origin; 8 below to anal origin; 11 predorsal scales to 
occiput; snout 5 in head from upper jaw tip, eye 7 3/4: maxilla- 
ry 2¢; interorbital 4, Snout length 3/4 its width, Interorbi-~ 
tal depressed, nearly level, Rakers lii#- xi, short low asperous 
tubercles, rather uneven, largest barely 2/3 of filaments, which 
<e in eye. Ten scales between eve and preopercle angle; scales 
with 30 basal radiating striae; apical carinae 24 to 27. In aleq 
conol brown, clouded darker. Belly and lower surface of head 
solled whitish, Dorsal with 4 longitudinal dark brown lines, 
vaudal uniform dusky-brown, Anal mottled with dusky-brown 
2 nn ct) ¥ ff r . 
spots, outer portion of fin darker, Length 270 mm, Manila 
