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Depth 2}/ 2 to 2%; head 334 to 3%, width 1J4 to 2. Snout 5 to 

 534 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3 to 4, greater than snout to 

 equal with age, greater than interorbital to 134 with age; maxillary- 

 reaches opposite hind eye edge, expansion 1)£ to 1% in eye, length 

 2Xo to 234 in head from snout tip; front of each jaw with outer, for- 

 ward directed, short, conic canine; lower jaw with 1 or 2 lateral 

 canines medially, hooked backwardly, each side; interorbital 3^ to 

 33^, convexly elevated; preorbital width less than half of pupil and 

 infraorbital rim very narrow; preopercle edge denticulate; opercular 

 spines 2. Gill rakers 9 + 25, lanceolate, greatly longer than gill fila- 

 ments or 1H in eye. 



Tubular scales 40 to 43 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 

 more on latter; 5 scales above, 14 below, 26 predorsal forward to front 

 lip edge, 6 rows across cheek to preopercle ridge and 3 more over 

 preopercle flange to edge; 5 rows of scales transversely across maxil- 

 lary expansion ; all body scales with 1 or 2 small basal auxiliary scales, 



Figure 26.— Anthia3 sqamipinnis (Peters), adult 



sometimes 3; fins all more or less covered, at least basally, with small 

 scales. Scales with 12 to 16 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 

 78 to 87 in single series; circuli fine; auxiliary basal scales with 2 

 basal radiating striae, edge deeply scalloped and apical denticles 20 

 to 25. 



D. X, 17, i or 18, i, third spine longest and sometimes ends in fila- 

 ment, 2^2 i n total length of head and body to caudal base, third 

 spine 2}4 in total head length in young; first ray 13^ in last ray 

 which 1^2 in total head length, first ray subequal with last in young 

 or 23^ in total head length; A. Ill, 7, i, second spine 2}/ b , third to 

 fifth ray often filamentous and fourth equals total head length; caudal 

 ends in filamentous points, \% in rest of fish; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2 to 2}/ b in total head length; pectoral 1; ventral 2% to 

 3K in combined head and body to caudal base. 



In alcohol brown, paler to whitish below. Broad pale gray band, 

 little less than eye in width extends from eye to pectoral basally. 



