Maxillary reaches 2/3 to eye; expansion 1 3/5 in eye. 
Teeth small, conic, simple biserial above, quadriserial 
below; fewer and larger teeth in young; no teeth on mouth 
roof or tongue. Front nostril at last 2/5 in snout; hind 
nostril short vertical slit close before eye. Interorbital 
level, slightly depressed medianly. Opercle spine about 
opposite lower third of eve, 
Rakers iii, 5 +13, vi, lanceolate, 2 in filaments, which 
1% in eye, Scales finely ctenoid;.in even longitudinal rows 
parallel with lateral line; caudal largely witn small scales, 
basally nearly large as body scales; 5 rows of cheek scales; 
basal radiating striae 5 to 7, and 1 or 2 sometimes extend 
apically; apical denticles 123 or 124, about 65 in young; 
circuli very fine, coarser in young; lateral line concurrent 
with dorsal profile, highst first along caudal peduncle side 
until midway at caudal base; tunes arborescent, large ones less 
so, and 10 to a dozen branches above, not more than 5 or 4 in 
youig, usually fewer. Second dorsal spine 1g to 12 in head; 
first dorsal ray 2 1/3; second anal spine 4 1/8 to 5; first 
anal ray 2 3/5; caudal deeply forked, 1 1/3; pectoral 14 to 
1 2/3; ventral 1 2/5 to 1%. Color in alcohol dull brown, 
scarcely paler below. Traces of brownish blotch faintly above 
last fourth of depressed pectoral. Length 96 to 243 mm, 
One from Singapore or Polynesia and another without locality. 
