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of the standard length are recorded, respectively: Standard length in 

 mm. 16 and 19.2. Length of head 344 and 302; greatest depth 200 

 and 172; least depth of caudal peduncle 87 and 73; snout 94 and 89; 

 eye 87 and 89; tip of snout to rear edge of maxillary 106 and 99; 

 bony interorbital space 25 and 26; postorbital length of head 131 and 

 135; snout tip to dorsal origin 244 and 240, to anus 456 and 453, to 

 pelvic insertion 238 and 208. Longest ray of first dorsal 100 and 89, 

 second dorsal 144 and 130, third dorsal 119 and 115, pectoral 319 and 

 297, pelvics 250 and 224, anal 125 and 110, caudal 219 and 219. 



Counts on the holotype and one female paratype were respectively: 

 Dorsal III-XII-9 and III-XII-10; anal 1,16 and 1,18; pectoral 

 iv,4,vii-iv,4,vii and iv,4,vi-iv,4,vi; pelvics always 1,2; branched caudal 

 fin rays 5+4 and 5+4; scales in dorsoanterior lateral line 11 and 12 

 and in posterior lateral line 19 and 19; vertical scale rows 30 and 31; 

 zigzag scales around caudal peduncle 8 and 8. 



Additional counts not summarized in table 108 are: Pelvics 1,2; 

 branched caudal fin rays usually 5 +4 or 5 ; scales between upper lateral 

 line and middle of base of second dorsal 2, and between anal origin 

 and lower lateral line 4; one cirrus on each eye; one small nasal cirrus 

 on dorsal edge of anterior nostril. Head 3.1 to 3.2; greatest depth 

 4.6 to 4.8; longest pectoral ray (about eighth from dorsal edge) 2.6 

 to 3.0; snout to anus 2.1 to 2.3; all in standard length. Snout 3.5 

 to 3.6; eye 3.5 to 4.2; postorbital length of head 2.2; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3.2 to 3.6; greatest depth 1.5; all in length of head. 

 Bony interorbital space 2.2 to 2.3 in eye. 



Body scaled, head and breast naked; no scales on fins or base of 

 pectoral; two lateral lines; upper one about 2 scale rows below base 

 of spiny dorsal and ending about opposite base of fifth or sixth from 

 last dorsal spine; posterior lateral line along midlengthwise axis of 

 body; gill membranes free from isthmus, broadly connecting across 

 isthmus; three dorsal fins, first two of spines, last of soft rays; inner 

 ray of pelvics longest, first unbranched and enlarged lower pectoral 

 ray longest, notably reaching past rear end of dorsal lateral line; 

 last dorsal and last anal ray membranously free from caudal peduncle; 

 vertical line through first dorsal origin passes a trifle in front of 

 pectoral base and through rear edge of pelvic base; vertical line 

 through anal origin passes through base of about sixth from last 

 dorsal spine; maxillary reaching a trifle past a vertical line through 

 front of eye; snout pointed; small teeth in a band on both jaws, with 

 outer row a little larger; teeth in an angular patch on vomer and a 

 few teeth on palatines; females have a short, minutely papillate 

 anal organ projecting a short distance. 



Color in alcohol. — Males have lower part of head and pectoral base 

 and isthmus, including pelvic bases, brownish; caudal fin not brown- 



