apical denticles 43 to 45; basal circuli fine, upper and lower 
margins 30 to 32; cheek rows of scales 15 below eye; tubes in 
lateral line simple, well exposed, 
Color in alcohol dull phew generally, little peler below, 
Side of body with 2 obscure longitudinal pale brown bands, which 
intersected by 8 vertical bars of similar color or tint, also 
width, and extend down on lower body surface, On back opposite 
pale interspaces brown bands give rise to 9 saddle-like rings, 
where an alternating pattern results, Pale blotches along 
middle of side, each with dark brown short horkzontal bar, and 
lower pale blotches each with 1 to 3 vertical dark bars, Below 
lateral line, opposite anal, 3 or 4 blackish-brorm white-edged 
ocelli. Side of head with 5 to 8 oblique whitish lines, last 
across opercle. White line horizontally above opercle with blackish 
ecellus medially and above another smaller ocellus. Spinous dorsal 
with blackish basal blotch to first 2 membranes, fin edge gray. 
soft dorsal and anal whitish, former with 3 or 4 very contrasted 
blackish-brown round spots on each membrane, and fin with narrow 
pale brown submerginal band its whole length, bordered with darker 
line above and below. Anal with very pale gray basal longitudinal 
line and row of similer dark spots medially, one on each membrane, 
Caudal largely blackish medially, breaking into blackish spots 
around borders, which smeller, and gradually minute posteriorly 
on fin, Pectoral and ventral uniform dull brown. “ris brown. 
Length 205 to 230 mm, Three from Fiji. 
