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wards. Maxillary but little inclined, and reaching posteriorly op- 
posite front margin of eye. Edges of jaw firm and a little tren- 
chant. Lips rather thin and little developed. Mandible shallow, 
and rami a little elevated inside mouth. ‘Tongue thick, fleshy, 
adnate and rather far back. Nostrils together on upper side of 
snout near upper front of eye, posterior larger and exposed in 
form of crescent. Interorbital space broad, but little elevated 
convexly, and greatly depressed. Preorbital large, and its great- 
est width about °/,; in its length, which latter is 114 in eye hori- 
zontally. Other suborbitals all narrow. Posterior margin of 
preopercle nearly straight and inclines a little forward.  Gill- 
openings extending forward opposite posterior margin of pupil, 
and width of isthmus at that point about 1% of eye horizontally. 
Gill-rakers about 2+5 short weak points, each much less than 
length of gill-flaments. Gill-filaments about */, of orbit. 
Pseudobranchie large, a little less than gill-filaments in length. 
Pharyngeal teeth 4-4, hooked a little at tips, and each one with 
a slight grinding-surface. Surface of isthmus depressed. Scales 
moderately large, or about uniform size except on breast and 
base of caudal where a little smaller, disposed in longitudinal 
series parallel with lateral line, and each one with a number of 
fine radiating striz. Lateral line complete, decurved a little 
anteriorly, and ascending middle of side of caudal peduncle. 
Origin of dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of caudal, 
eraduated down from first branched ray which is longest, and 
depressed fin reaching about °/,, to base of caudal. Origin of 
anal inserted a little behind base of last dorsal ray, graduated 
down from first branched ray, and depressed fin reaching about 
$7,, to base of caudal. Caudal rather long, slender, deeply 
forked, and with long pointed equal lobes. Pectoral reaches 
34 to origin of ventral, pointed, and upper rays longest. Ventral 
inserted opposite origin of dorsal, and when depressed reaching 
origin of anal. Vent close in front of anal. Color in alcohol 
plain pale or light brownish generally, upper surface of body 
scarcely darker. On back above edge of each scale dusky. A 
dusky line down middle of back. Upper surface of head dusky, 
sides silvery and lower surface whitish. Iris pale slaty. A 
dusky streak from tip of snout back along side cf head almost to 
