a series of 2 small pores at upper posterior corner of eye connected to anterior series of occiput series; a row of 3 median pores below anterior half of eye (4 in right side of holotype, 3 in the rest); a series of 6 large pores along the inner margin of preopercle, continue to a series of 4 large pores on mandibular; a pair of large pores at front of chin (fused to a very large one in 102.2-mm paratype).