Head 17.4-19.8% of TL, eye large 22 .8-24.3% of head, smaller than snout, 

 which IS 28 . 1 -30 . 9% of head . 



Interorbital very narrow 0.6-0.8 TL, 3.5-4.7% of head. Upper profile of head 

 noticeably slanted from interorbital to snout, which is pointed. Mandibular flaps 

 thin and low, in front diagonally cut not producing lobes. Free flap of lower lip 

 weakly developed not forming a sharp ridge between adnate portion, which is con- 

 siderably shorter than length of free part of lip. Upper jaw short, reaching to 

 vertical from middle of eye, projecting considerably over lower jaw. The lower 

 jaw has sensory pits (but not pores). 



Teeth on upper jaw m three rows. Outer with 10-12 teeth, the 2-3 anterior- 

 most are larger, middle row with 8-11 teeth, slightly lower than outer row. Inner 

 row with 3-4 teeth. On posterior of lower jaw a single row of teeth usually 

 small and blunt, forming a plate. 13-14 teeth on palatine m a single row, vomer 

 with 3-4 teeth. 



Gill rakers on inner side with 1-2 elements, outerside naked. 



Depth at anal base 7.7-9.^ TL, predorsal small, 24.0-25.8% anterior part 

 of body short, preanal distance 40.5-42.3% of length. 



Scales well developed, large (a 200 mm ex., about 7-9 scales in 10 mm. section 

 behind pectoral fin), covering entire body, reaching dorsally almost to gill open- 

 ings, laterally not quite extending to base of pectorals. Anterior to dorsal base 

 is a row of small scales. Abdomen covered with scales to base of ventrals, scales 

 extend to base of unpaired fins anteriorly, covering more than 3/4 their height 

 posteriorly. 



Lateral line indistinct, beginning at upper part of gill openings, extending down 

 and back, disappearing under pectoral fin, not reaching anus (in typical form 

 extends to above Uth anal ray). Mediolateral section without pores as in typical 

 form.—/ 



Dorsal and anal fins high. Form of pectoral characteristic; lower six rays 

 with free tips and elongated in comparison with middle rays, forming a weak lower 

 lobe; as such approaching the Furcimanus group, which possess a completely 

 differentiated lower pectoral lobe. Pectoral length 11.3-13.4% L, 57.7-70.2% head. 

 Ventral very short, just slightly more than 1/3 eye, 1.3-1.9% L, 6.7-10.2% head. 



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L. brevipes from Okhotsk Sea (P. Y. Schmidt, Fish Okhotsk Sea, 1935 MS) has 

 the LL ventrolateral, or in other words, descends in an arch over abdomen and 

 continues on posterior half of body in a mediolateral position . 



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