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Jaws equal, or the lower very sliglitly projectiug, entering the steep 

 profile. Maxillary with a ridge along the middle, reaching to or a little 

 beyond center of eye, 2^ in head, much expanded behind, the end 

 emargiuate, the lower posterior angle somewhat enlarged into a lobe. 

 Small teeth in bauds on jaws, vomer, and palatines; a large canine 

 tooth inside of the band of small teeth near the anterior end of each 

 premaxillary, the tip of the lower jaw fitting between them. Each 

 ramus of the lower jaw with 9 canine teeth in a single series; 2 very 

 close together, at each side of the tip of the lower jaw; just outside of 

 these a depression in the jaw into which fits the canine of the upper 

 jaw; behind this 7 nearly equidistant teeth, of which the most ante- 

 rior is the smallest and the fourth largest or as large as those behind 

 it. The small teeth outside of the row of canines, very few in number 

 in the lower jaw. The canines sometimes as few as 5 in number on 

 each side. Suborbital ring narrow. Posterior edge of preopercle 

 nearly vertical and straight, directed a little downward and backward 

 and very slightly curved backward near its posterior end, producing a 

 prominent rounded angle. Both edges closely serrated, the serrations 

 strongest, almost in the form of small spines, at the angle. The ridge 

 of the preopercle forms a rounded and obtuse but marked angle, its 

 inferior edge serrated. The opercle with two slightly diverging ridges, 

 the lower nearly horizontal and a little more strongly developed than 

 the upper, both ending in small spines. Gill rakers 13 on the anterior 

 limb of first arch, the longest about 3 in eye. The lateral line is high 

 up, and continued onto the basal part of the caudal tin. Scales large, 

 thin, cycloid, very deciduous; 2 in a transverse series between the 

 lateral line and the origin of first dorsal fin, Interorbital space, snout, 

 and lower jaw, and apparently the maxillary and opercles scaleless. 

 Cheeks with large, thin, embedded scales. Second dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal scaly on their basal parts. The origin of the first dorsal fin is 

 over the root of the pectoral, its third spine probably the longest, at 

 least half as long as head, the spines slender and weak. Origin of 

 second dorsal a little in front of origin of anal, the rays heavy. The 

 first spine of the anal fin short, the second longer, li in orbit, the soft 

 rays thick. Caudal deeply forked, the longest rays at least half length 

 of head. The ends of the rays of second dorsal, of anal, and caudal 

 all injured. The upper end of root of pectoral about on a level with 

 lower edge of pupil, the width of the base less than half orbit, the 

 longest rays (injured at tips) at least two-ninths of body length. Root 

 of ventrals under root of pectorals. Spine of ventral fin long, 2J in 

 head, its outer edge densely serrate, the soft rays more than half as 

 long as head. Distance from tip of snout to origin of first dorsal 2§ in 

 length of body, from tip of snout to origin of anal a little more than 

 li; from root of ventrals to origin of anal 3^, base of first dorsal 5^, 

 base of second dorsal 8J, distance between dorsals 10, base of anal 9> 

 in the body length, 



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