Color in alcohol faded chiefly deep brown, Oblique dark 
brown band across eye toward pectoral base, bordered narrowly 
with grayish-white, Another from front of spinous dorsal, like- 
wise bordered, and parallel gray-white line from front of occiput 
down to gill-opening so it joins posterior marginal line of ocular 
par, Rest of trunk with several less distinct parallel bands, 
all pale edged. Pectoral and ventral blackish, with some white 
lines. Length 39 to 72 mm, (caudal damaged). Two from Rarakea, 
It acrees largely with Gunther's account and figure. P. 
antenntit Bloch ) from the East Indies has a similar colorspattern, 
Synance ja verrucosa Schneider. 
Head to hind, opercle eri@, 2 1/5; depth 2 3/5; head width 
Oi D/P s ty: XIII, 6; A. III, 5; snout 3 1/8 in head; measured from 
upper jaw tip; maxillary 2 1/5; interorbital 3 1/8. Head with deep 
interorbital concavity, another each side behind eyes, also smaller 
crescentic below each eve. Body generally dull umber to russet- 
brown in alcohol, greatly speckled, mottled or variegated with 
darker and lighter, or pale shades, which also extend over fins. 
Pectoral edge pale or whitish. VYaudal similar, also with median 
whitish trensverse band. Length 168 mm. One without locality, 
evidently from Polynesia? 
