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and about 37 in lateral series to base of caudal; 7 scales between 
origin of spinous dorsal and lateral line; 17 scales in a vertical 
series between lateral line and origin of spinous anal; snout 3 in 
head; eye 234; maxillary 4; interorbital space 3%; fifth dorsal 
spine 1% ; tenth dorsal ray 14/,; third anal spine 1% ; ninth anal 
ray about 1*/;; least depth of caudal peduncle 2*/,; length of 
caudal 114 ; pectoral 114 ; ventral 1/,,); ventral spine 134. Body 
ovate, strongly compressed, deep. Head small, compressed, and 
upper profile concave from snout to occiput. Eye large, circular, 
and about median in length of head. Mouth very small, terminal. 
Jaws even, with small slender flexible bristle-like teeth. Maxil- 
lary barely half way to orbit, not reaching anterior nostril. Pre- 
opercular margin with very slight obscure denticles. Interor- 
bital space rather broad and a little convex. Nostrils close to- 
gether in front of eye above. Gill-rakers 4 ++ 13 short rudiments, 
those on lower cerato-branchial longest. Body covered with 
ctenoid scales, large on trunk, and those on head and fins becom- 
ing very small, numerous and crowded distally. Anteriorly above 
lateral line rows of scales oblique and parallel with its course. 
Till about level with the eye same obtains below lateral line, 
though posteriorly as latter decurves along base of rayed dorsal 
rows persist in their former oblique courses. Below level of eye 
rows of scales oblique down and back so that if crossed by upper 
rows narrow triangles would form. Scale flap in axil of ventral 
about % length of spine. Spinous dorsal inserted just behind 
origin of pectoral, spines hateracanthous, graduated to fifth, 
which is longest, and margin of fin deeply notched. Rayed dor- 
-sal inserted posteriorly, much nearer base of caudal than origin 
of spinous fin, broad. Anal spines well freed, second longest, 
and origin about opposite base of ninth dorsal spine. Rayed 
anal broad, similar to rayed dorsal. Caudal broad and posterior 
margin a little convex. Pectoral reaching anal. Ventral longer 
than pectoral, inserted a little before origin of same and reaching 
a little beyond origin of spinous anal. Color in spirits yellowish, 
each row of scales on trunk with a narrow brown line. A dusky- 
brown band from nape obliquely down to and through eye, con- 
tinued across cheek and interopercle. A second broader streak 
from first 3 dorsal spines down back of pectoral along side of ab- 
