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sal; first branched dorsal ray 15% in head; first branched anal 
ray 124; caudal 1%; least depth of caudal peduncle 144; pec- 
toral 134; ventral 134; snout 4% in head measured from tip of 
upper jaw; eye 4%; maxillary 314; interorbital space 4. Body 
robust, rather thick or but little compressed. Caudal peduncle 
very deep, compressed, and its length about four-fifths its least 
depth. Head rather bluntly conic. Muzzle rather broad, snout 
short and convex. Eye circular and about first third in head. 
Mouth broad, rather short and little inclined. Mandible pro- 
truding a little beyond tip of upper jaw. Maxillary oblique, about 
reaching front margin of pupil and its greatest expansion about 
equal to diameter of same. Teeth small in jaws. Nostrils well 
separated, anterior midway in snout, and posterior higher, close 
to eye. Interorbital space broad, only slightly elevated, and flat- 
tened. Gill-rakers 5 + 10, short and thick. Scales large, smaller 
on base of caudal. Dorsal inserted nearer origin of pectoral than 
base of caudal. Anal inserted midway between tip of pectoral 
and base of caudal, when depressed its tip reaching latter. Caudal 
broad and rounded. Pectoral broad and rounded, about three- 
fifths of space to ventral. Ventral inserted just before origin 
of dorsal, and depressed reaches base of third anal ray. Dark 
olive-brown. About a dozen narrow dark longitudinal bands, 
widest and most distinct on upper surface of body. A dark bar 
from snout and continued back from eye on side of head above. 
A dark vertical bar at base of caudal. Length 33¢ inches. Batsto 
River. 
Color in life deep olivaceous-dusky, back very dark. Belly and 
under surface of body opaque white. Lower side dull olivaceous. 
In lateral line a pale or light spot on each scale. An indistinct 
dusky diffuse longitudinal band from tip of snout to base of 
caudal. Indistinct narrow longitudinal lines about parallel on 
side of back, most distinct anteriorly, and in color of pale oliva- 
ceous. Traces of similar ones on lower side, and with a number 
of <-shaped markings similar to those in lateral line scattered 
about longitudinally though unevenly. Dorsal and caudal deep 
olive-dusky. Anal paler. Ventral and pectoral dull olivaceous 
tinted with dull saffron. A pale streak from eye to gill-opening 
