ventral membranes much paler, : h 
Priacanthus ¢pphiedetimsiew MES a2 Oe Cintae 
Head 3 to 34; depth 2 2/3 to 3; D. Xj 14; A. III, 15; 
scales 120 to 127 in lateral line to caudal base and 7 or 8 
more on latter; tubes 70 to 77 in lateral line to caudal base 
and 5 or 6 more on latter; 22 to 24 scales above lateral line 
to spinous dorsal origin, 12 to 14 to third dorsal spine base, 
42 to 45 below to spinous anal origin; 78 to 80 predorsal 
scales; snout 3 1/5 to 3 2/5 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 
21/5 to 24; maxillary 1 4/5 to 2; interorbital 5 2/5 to 4. 
Body elongately ellipsoid, well compressed, least depth 
of ceudal peduncle la to 1%2/3 its length or 4 in total head 
langth. Head width 1 7/8 to 2 1/8 in its length. Snout 
broadly convex, length 3/5/to 2/3 its width. Eye center very 
slightly behind center in head length; midway in head length, 
without mandible in smaller examples. Mouth large, mandible 
strongly protruding. Maxillary to pupil; expansion 1 7/8 to 
2ineye. Teeth conic, simple, in narrow bands in jaws, on 
vomer and palatines, none on tongue. “ind nostril long vertical 
slit about 3 in eye; front nostril little behind last third in 
snout. Interorbital broadly convex; preorbital edge finely 
serrate; preopercle edge serrate, and serree coarser to short 
flat spine at angle, which also with several serrae along its 
edges. 
