Body elongately fusiform, well compressed, Head width 
half its length. Snout conic, about long a8 wide. Eye with 
hind pupil edge slightly advanced from center in head length; 
adipose-eyelid broad, extends over iris in front and behind 
to pupil. Lower jaw slightly protrudes. Teeth in minute 
band in jaws, more obsolete on vomer, Maxillery extends little 
beyond eye front, though not quite to pupil; expansion 1 35/4 
in eye; upper edge entirely slips below preorbital. Nostrils 
at last fourth in snout. Interorbital broadly convex, Rakers 
1677-42, lanceolate, fine, long as filaments or about 1¢ in eye. 
Scales with 2 or 3 converging striae, very fine circuli to to 
100; scute width about equals eye. Spinots dorsal origin 
slightly before first third in pectoral; third erect spine 
1 2/3 in head. Soft dorsal origin midway between nostril and 
caudel base , Anal inserted little posterior. Pectoral abmt 
pupil dismeter longer than head. Ventral 1 4/5 in pectoral . 
+n alcohol dull brown, back with olive tint. Obsolete dusky 
blotch on opercle little over half of pupil. Length 258 mm, 
New Zealand, 
Also an example from Sydney, which shows: Head 34; 
depth 4 1/3; D. I, VIII - I, 29; A. II # I 28; scutes 35}-39, 
wide as eye; snout 3¢ in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3t3; maxe 
illary 2 2/5, interorbital 3+; rakers about 15740; length 
140 mm, (caudal tips damaged). 
