nasal radiating striae, apical 84 or 85. Color in alcohol 
brown generally, head paler and deep brown line from eye 
towards front of spinous dorsal from upper eye edge. Another 
parallel from hind eye edge curving to upper edge of gill- 
opening. Third begins at same point behind eye and curves 
down toward pectoral origin, also from lower eye edge to 
preopercle corner. All these Jines with narrow pale edges, 
Dark blotch on opercular flap, iris brassy. Hach scale on 
body with pale or grayish blotch basally, little less than 
pupil, though spots apparently not present on breast, Black 
streak above and below narrower, close behind pectoral base. 
Front of spinous dorsal with 2 large black ocelli, dorsals 
and anals Scbeiwise brown with paler vertical waved lines, 
anals more brownish. Caudal pale basally, outer half deep 
brown with faint paler vertical waved lines. Pectoral pale 
brown, Ventral dark or deep brown, Length 160 mm, Hilo, 
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Head 2 3/4 to 2 7/8; depth 2 3/5 to 21/2; D. II - VII, 
12, 43 A. Ill, 12, 1; scales 21, in upper section of lateral 
line, 3 in lower section to caudal base and 1 or 2 on latter; 
3 scales above lateral line to third dorsal spine basg¢@, 2 to 
soft dorsal origin, 9 or below to spinous anal origin; snout 
2 to 21/6 in heed from upper jaw tip; eye 5 1/3 to 63 maxil- 
lary 3 to 3 1/2; interorbital 5 to 5 4/5, 
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