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tail; the depth at the origin of the dorsal fin one inch and a 

 fourth; the body compressed, slender, the line gently sloping 

 from above the pectoral fin forward. Gape rather wide; under 

 jaw protruded beyond the upper; mystache rather long; teeth 

 in the jaws pointed, the largest in front of the vomer and on 

 the tongue; in the present instance a very prominent one in 

 front of the tongue. Eye rather large. Scales on the body 

 rather large. Lateral line straight, about the middle of the 

 body, in a bright white stripe from the gill-covers, and in 

 two instances one higher than the other, ribmarks descending 

 from it. First ray of the dorsal fin midway between the 

 snout and end of the fleshy portion of the body. Adipose fin 

 nearer the tail than the middle space from it to the dorsal; 

 ventrals large; the caudal forked. Colour along the upper 

 parts pea-green, with an appearance of transparency; below 

 silvery; fins with pale tints of green. In one example the 

 top of the head light brown, the fins and tail yellowish 

 brown. The dorsal fin has ten or eleven rays, pectoral eleven 

 or twelve, ventrals eight, anal sixteen, caudal nineteen. 



