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behind the line of the eye, sometimes notched along the upper 

 edge; under jaw narrow, pointed; teeth in both; the tongue 

 slight, pointed, firm; passage of the gills forward in the mouth. 

 Eye large, towards the snout; nostrils open. Dorsal fin behind 

 the line of the ventrals, with sixteen rays; anal narrow; pectoral 

 low and small; ventrals also small. Tail forked. Colour blue 

 on the back, lighter on the sides, silvery white below; sometimes 

 there are crimson tints about the head and iris of the eye; the 

 cheeks yellow. It is necessary to distinguish this species from 

 another which has been confounded with it, but which is marked 

 by a shorter snout and rounder profile. This last has not been 

 recognised in Britain. 



