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a very narrow ridge; maxillary short, rather strongly curved, reach- 

 ing to below anterior edge of pupil of lower eye; teeth rather blunt, 

 in a single row, forming a continuous even cutting edge; a small bony 

 I^aob developed below tip of mandible; anterior nostril of eyed side in 



a short broad tube; gillrakers very short, 8 of them on lower limb of 

 arch; scales everywhere cycloid, the snout, maxillary, and mandible 

 naked; lateral line conspicuous, curving up just behind tip of pectoral 

 above upper end of gill opening, but not at all arched; dorsal begin- 



