Chonophor ) 
Shai ot aniaaud (Eydoux and Souleyet). 
Head 2 9/10 to 3 2/5; depth 4 4/5 to 5 2/5; D. VI, once V-« 
I, 10, 43,0. 71, 10,4; a@cales Ge to 7% from shoulder to caudal base 
medially and 5 to 7 more on latter; 19 or 20 scales transversely 
between soft dorsal and anal origins; 34 to 40 predorsal scales; 
snout 1 3/4 to 2 7/8 in head; eye 5 1/5 to 7 1/8; maxillary 1 3/4 
to 21/3; interorbital 5 to 6 1/5; head width 1 3/4 to 1 7/8.  Snout 
broadly convex, long as wide. Maxillary to hind eye edge, to front 
pupil edge in young; expansion 1 1/4 to 2 in eye, Teeth small, in 
‘bands in jaws. Tongue emarginate in front. Interorbital little con- 
cave. Rakers 3+4 short points, about 21/2 in filaments, latter 
slightly longer than eye. Scales with 11 to 16 basal radiating 
striae; 37 to 54 apical denticles; circeull moderately fine. Color 
in alcohol dull brownish, with about 6 to 9 transverse waved dark 
bars and caudal rays similarly marked with about a dozen such bars, 
Spinal dorsal sometimes dark, especielly marginally, often with 8 
or 9 oblique dark lines. Length 95 to 260 mm, One from Manila, 
3 from Oahu, ol from Hilo and one without locality. I An 22 
Pye vi 
