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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[May, 



2|; first branched dorsal ray 1; first branched anal ray If; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2j; upper caudal lobe 1; pectoral 1^; 

 ventral If. 



Body elongately ovoid in contour, deepest at dorsal origin, lower 

 profile more evenly convex in front than upper, and well compressed. 

 Predorsal with very slight median ridge, otherwise body edges 

 convex. Caudal peduncle compressed, about long as deep. 



Head moderate, upper profile slightly concave and lower little 

 more inclined and convex. Snout convex, short, length half its 

 width. Eye rounded, hind pupil edge little before center in head 

 length. Mouth moderate, horizontal and closed jaws about even. 



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Lips rather tough, and upper firm, lower broadly free. Teeth 

 alike in jaws, upper biserial with 8 outside and 10 inside, former 

 shorter and tridentate and latter quindentate. Lower jaw with 

 8 large mostly quindentate teeth and third one each side from front 

 shghtly enlarged. Apparently no maxillary teeth. Inner buccal 

 folds thin, moderate. Maxillary slender, slightly oblique from 

 vertical, extends little below eye, and expansion about 3 in eye. 

 Tongue with free edges, elongate, smooth. Mandible moderately 

 deep or rami little elevated in mouth. Nostrils together, close to 

 upper front eye edge. Interorbital convex. Suborbitals broad, 

 and lowest infraorbital entirely covers cheek. Preopercle edge entire. 

 Suborbitals and opercle each with marginal obsolete striai. 



