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spine 2.64; first anal ray 1.68; least depth of caudal peduncle 1.76; 

 twenty-eight scales in a lateral series from gill-opening above to 

 caudal base ; ten scales in a transverse series from the vent upward 

 and backward to soft dorsal ; sixteen predorsal scales. 



Body oblong, rather high, slightly compressed posteriorly ; dorsal pro- 

 file convex, from snout to origin of spinous dorsal nearly straight ; head 

 subconic; lower jaw not produced; interorbital space broad, more or 

 less arched ; eye anterior, moderate ; adipose eyelid well developed, 

 but not covering the iris ; mouth subinf erior, its angle reaching to a 

 vertical through posterior edge of anterior nostril; mandibular angle 

 obtuse ; the cleft of mouth nearly three times as broad as deep ; 

 symphysis of the mandibular bones forms a small knob, which fits in 

 a depression of the upper jaw; extremity of maxillary exposed; upper 

 lip fleshy; lower lip thin, with sharp edge; no teeth, except a single 

 row of very small ones along the outer part of the upper jaw; lower 

 preorbital edge minutely serrated ; nostrils close together, anterior 

 nostril a simple pore in a very short tube, posterior nostril slit-like ; 

 isthmus narrow, elongate, somewhat constricted at middle. 



Scales large, round; head scaly, small scales below, larger scales 

 extend forward on snout though not quite to its edge ; a sharply 

 pointed scaly flap along the spinous dorsal base ; pectoral with no 

 scaly flap ; ventral with a sharply pointed scaly flap at the root ; a 

 broad scaly flap between ventral bases ; soft dorsal, anal, and caudal 

 covered with small scales. 



Origin of spinous dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of 

 caudal, first and second spine subequal ; soft dorsal inserted nearer 

 base of caudal than origin of spinous dorsal ; origin of anal two and 

 one-half scales in advance of that of soft dorsal, nearer to caudal 

 base than the origin of ventral ; pectoral rather short, reaching more 

 than half-way to spinous dorsal, inserted in the middle of body above; 

 ventral inserted below the last one-third of the pectoral, not reaching 

 midway to vent. 



Color in life bluish gray above, silvery, undersides whitish; spinous 

 dorsal dusky; soft dorsal and caudal finely dusted with dark specks, 

 edge of the latter darker ; ventral and anal fins whitish ; a dark line 

 along each row of scales on upper three-fourths of body. 



Total length 188 mm. 



Type: Described from a specimen from Anpin, collected by M. 



