Te 
ratner obtuse, uniserial in jaws; no others, Barbells to hind 
preopercle edge, 1 2/5 in head, Front nostril small pore, 
midway in snout; hind nostril short slit close before front 
eye edge, Interorbital convex. Opercular spine moderate, 
about level with lower eye edge. 
Rakers 7421 to 23, lanceolate, about 4/5 of filaments, 
which 1 2/5 to 14 in eye. Scales finely ctenoid, in even 
longitudinal rows, parallel with lateral line; caudal largely 
with small scales, those basal nearly large as body scales; 
2 rows of scales in cheek; basal radiating strise 5 or 6; 
pepical denticles 92 to 156; circuli very fine; lateral line 
mostly concurrent with back, slightly elevated at first 
along caudal peduncle side; tubes arborescent, 4 to 7 branches 
usually above. Third dorsal spine 1 2/5 to 1 4/5 in head; 
first dorsal ray 2 4/5; second anal spine 3 to 3 2/3; first 
enal ray 2 2/5 to 2 4/5; caudal deeply forked, lower lobe 
about 1 1/5 to 1 1/32; pectoral 1 1/3 to 1 2/5; ventral 1 1/8 
to: R17 a 
Color in alcohol faded pale brownish, lower surface much 
paler. Dark brown nebulous blotch on lateral line below last 
dorsal spine about size of eye end behind it an elongate 
yellowish blotch for about 4 scales wicth, Soft dorsal brownish; 
with 5 or 6 longitudinal pale waved lines on outer portion, 
Anal pale, with about 4 longitudinal whitish bands, broader 
than on soft dorsal. Smaller example much paler and largely 
yellowish on sides and below. One from Maui, 205 mm, We hiso 
include an example 123 mm. long from the Hawaiian Islands, in 
the Academy. 
