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Body oblong, compressed, robust, deepest about last third in 

 depressed pectoral, and edges all convexly rounded. Caudal peduncle 

 deep, compressed, least depth about four-fifths its length. 



Head blunt, moderately compressed, flattened sides but slightly 

 approximate below, and lower profile much more inclined. Snout 

 broadly convex ; length four-fifths its width. Eye elevated, diameter 

 less than snout. Mouth oblique, slightly inferior. Maxillary well 

 inclined to nostrils. Lips rather narrow, tough, with small lobe each 

 side behind. Lower lip horny plate, and as seen below with broad 

 median entire edge. Nostrils together, little nearer eye than snout 

 tip. Interorbital slightly convex, depressed medially. Preorbital 

 long as eye and suborbitals form narrow chain. 



GiU opening forward to hind preopercle edge. Rakers, 2+8?, 

 short weak rudiments, much less than filaments, which equal eye. 



Fig. 1.— exoglossops ceei, new species. 



Teeth, 5 — 5, hooked, with broad, smooth grinding surfaces. Scales 

 large, cycloid, more or less uniform, in even longitudinal rows. 

 Scales on breast smaller than elsewhere. Scales with 36 apical radi- 

 ating striae, and circuli fine. Ventral axillary scale well developed. 

 Lateral line complete, of simple tubes midway along side. 



Dorsal origin little nearer snout tip than caudal base; first branched 

 ray depressed little longer than last. Anal inserted close behind 

 depressed dorsal, similar to same. Pectoral not quite reaching 

 ventral, which is inserted opposite dorsal origin, and reaches anal 

 papilla. Latter long as eye. 



Color in alcohol cameo to cinnamon brown generally, head and 

 lower surfaces scarcely paler. Dorsal pale brownish, with dark 

 oblique sub-basal streak, outer portion on fin soiled brownish. Anal 

 largely dark browTi, edges pale or whitish. Paired fins all darker to 



