center in head length, Mouth small, closed jaws about even, 
Maxillary little beyond front eye edge, though not to pupil; 
expension about half of pupil. Teeth uniserial, compressed, 
ends little rounded. Lips rather narrow, Nostrils obscure 
pore about last fourth in snout, Interorbital convex, 
Preorbital narrow, edge and that of preopercle entire; oper- 
Cle ends in 2 broad spines, 
Rakers 3-+8, lanceolate, long as filaments or half of 
eye. Scales in longitudinal rows, upper parallel with 
leteral line, converge little behind; muzzle includéng 
first third of interorbital; preorbital and suborbitals, 
naked; 2 rows of large scales on cheek to preopercle ridge; 
fin bases scaly; basal radiating striee 7 or 83 apical den- 
ticles 25 to @5; circuli fine; lateral line little more 
erched than dorsal profile, 6 wcales behind lest tube to 
caudal peduncle, Second dorsel spine 2¢ in head; second 
anal spine 24; pectoral 1 1/3; ventral 1 1/5, 
Color in alcohol with back pale bluish, tinged with 
Olive. Base of each scale with darker vertical blotch, 
Blackish line from side of snout, below nostril to anal 
through eye upwards ends in small black spot on suprascap- 
ula. Another bleckish line from middle from middle of max- 
jllary to lower eye edge across opercle as 2 broken sections 
to end as small bleckish spot at pectoral axilla, but not on 
