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The following counts were made: Dorsal rays X,14; anal rays III, 

 7; pectoral fin rays i, 16-i,16; branched caudal fin rays 8 + 7=15; 

 pelvic rays I, 5-1, 5; gill rakers on first gill arch 7 + 1 + 13; number of 

 transverse scale rows just above lateral line from upper edge of gill 

 opening to midbase of caudal fin 75; pores in lateral line 55 with 8 

 additional ones on caudal fin; scales from dorsal origin to lateral line 

 11 or 12 and from base of first soft ray of dorsal to lateral line 8; 

 scales from anal origin upward to lateral line 19 or 20 in an oblique 

 row; zigzag scales around least width of caudal peduncle 39 or 40. 



Body a little compressed, greatest depth through middle of spiny 

 dorsal; caudal peduncle a little compressed; pelvics inserted under base 

 of pectoral fins; dorsal origin over base of pectorals; anal origin under 

 base of second or third soft ray of dorsal fin and anus close in front of 

 anal fin; distal margin of caudal fin truncate or a little rounded when 

 fully distended ; distal margins of soft dorsal and anal fins rounded, that 

 of pectoral rounded with the seventh to ninth branched rays longest, 

 counting down from the dorsal edge; third and fourth dorsal spines 

 longest, the fourth projecting a little beyond third and fifth spines; 

 second and third anal spines projecting about the same amount; 

 scales small, ctenoid, covering body and bases of all fins, and the scales 

 extending two-thirds the way out on the rays of caudal, pectoral, and 

 pelvic fins but not over halfway out on soft dorsal and anal fins; scales 

 occur only on the basal third of the dorsal spines, the membranes being 

 naked; scales occur on operculum and cheeks and forward on top of 

 head to a line connecting across rear of orbits, the rest of the top of head 

 and snout naked; underside of head naked; scales in front of pelvics 

 smaller than elsev/here on body; lower jaw projecting but not quite enter- 

 ing profile ; gill membranes free from isthmus, extending far forward ; gill 

 rakers moderately long, not quite so long as the least width of the 

 preorbital; each pair of nasal openings separated by a narrow dermal 

 isthmus; the anterior nasal opening, tubelike, with a fringed dermal 

 flap posteriorly; the rear opening with a low fringed tube; interorbital 

 space flat; maxillary reaching to under or a little past rear edge of 

 pupU; teeth on dentary in an enlarged row of short cacinelike teeth 

 with a few tiny ones at sides but in a band anteriorly; teeth on upper 

 jaw similar but in a narrow band on sides; villiformlike teeth on 

 vomer and palatines, but apparently no teeth on tongue or pterygoids. 



Color in alcohol. — Lower sides with 7 dark brown vertical bars, about 

 twice width of pale interspaces; these bars join along middle of sides to 

 form an irregular mottled pattern; upper sides dark brown with 

 several narrow oblique bars ending at lateral line; posteriorly under 

 soft dorsal two of the vertical dark brown bars are visible and two more 

 on caudal peduncle, these continuous from those ventraUy; base of 

 caudal fin with 4 dark brown spots surrounded with paler tan; caudal 

 fin with numerous dark brown spots; base of pectoral fin with dark 



