cheek, all continuous over snout. Fins all dull brownish, 
Length 323 mm, ( fish skinned out) Sulu. 
Plectorhinchus chaetodontoides Lacépede, 
Head 229; D. XII, 18 1; A. III, 8; scales 60 in lateral 
line to caudal base and 12? more on latter; tubes 53 in lat- 
eral line to caudal base and 10 more on latter; 14 scales 
above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, also same to 
soft dorsal origin; about 82 predorsal scales; snout 2 1/10 
in head from upper jaw tip; eye 4 tfS: maxillary a3. interor~- 
pital 3 2/5. 
Body evidently oblong; compressed; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 14 its length or 2% in total head. Head width 2¢ 
in its length. Snout compressed, width 1 1/5 its length, 
Eye ecleveted, front pupil edge midway in head from snout 
tip Mouth moderate, lower jaw protruding..Lips broad, thick, 
coriaceous. Maxillery to hind nostril; expansion l 1/3 in 
eye. Yands of small conic teeth in jaws, soon narrowing 
backwards; outer row of strong even conic teeth in each jaw; 
no other teoths Nostrils small, elike; front onesabout last 
fourth in snout; hind one close behind front one. -‘4nterorbital 
convex, Hind preopercle edge finely dentate, serree all oblique- 
ly upward and backward, few scattered obsolete ones around cor- 
ner. (Rakers extracted.) Scales ctenoid, without accessory 
or basal sceles; radiating basal striae 4 to 6; apical denti- 
cles 62 to 78; circuli extremely fine; 15 rows of scales 
