anal origin; about 57 predorsal scales; snout R 7p in head; eye 
4 1/8; maxillary 2 2/3; interorbital 34. 
Body oblong, evidently moderately compressed; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 1 1/5 its length or 2 1/3 iy head. Head 
width 2 1/10 its length. Snout with slightly concave profile, 
width 11/5 its length. Eye ellipsoid, elevated; front pupil 
edge about midway in head length, Mouth moderate, lower jaw 
apparently little shorter, Lips thick, tough. Maxillary 
about reaches eye; expansion 1 7/8 in eye. ‘eeth conic, in 
bands in jaws, outer row moderately enlarged; none elsewhere, 
Nostrils small, front one little before last fifth in snout; 
hind one nearer front one than eye. Interorbital convex, 
Hind preopercle edge finely serrate; suprascapula entire. ( 
(Rakers extracted ) Scales finely ctenoud; basal striae 3 to 
5; apical seuatetaa 55 to 62; circuli very fine; 13 rows of 
scales across cheek to preopercle ridge; fine scales on bases 
of most fins, breast and chest; lateral line concurrent with 
dorsal profile, Third dorsal spine 2 1/3 in head; seventeenth 
dorgal ray 2 2/3; second anal spine 2 1/5; third anal ray 2 1/8; 
caudal 14; pectoral 14; ventral 1 2/5, 
Color in alcohol brownish generally, nine longitudinal narrow 
white bands, margined above and below with deeper brown than 
body-color. Yn head line across interorbital evidently repre- 
sents 2 contimed from behind eye and 35 below extending across 
