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Head 4; depth 4; D. iii, 7, i ; A. iii, 7, i ; P. i, 11 ; V. i, 7; 

 scales 36 (damaged) in lateral series to caudal base and 2 

 more on latter; 7 scales above 1. 1. to dorsal origin, 4 below 

 to anal origin; 17 predorsal scales; head width 2 in its length; 

 head depth i 2/5; snout 3 1/3; eye 3 1/3; maxillary 3 i/io; 

 interorbital 2 2/5; first branched dorsal ray i i/io; first 

 branched anal ray i 2/5 ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 1/5 ; 

 upper caudal lobe (damaged) i ; pectoral i 1/5 ; ventral i 2/5. 



Body elongate, compressed, profiles similar with contour 

 fusiform, deepest at dorsal origin and edges all convexly 

 rounded. Caudal peduncle compressed, least depth i 4/5 its 

 length. 



Head moderately compressed, lower profile little more in- 

 clined, sides flattened and slightly converge below. Snout 

 short, convexly rounded over surface and in profile near tip, 

 and its length about 3/5 its width. Eye circular, little above 

 midway in depth of head, and center falls about first 2/5 in 

 head length. Mouth well inclined, moderate in size, and 

 lower jaw slightly protrudes when closed. Premaxillaries 

 protractile. Maxillary long, slightly curved, rather slender, 

 more or less concealed above, and reaches front edge of eye. 

 Lower jaw moderately convex, with very slight knob at sym- 

 physis and rami well elevated inside mouth. Lips little de- 

 veloped, jaw edges rather horny and trenchant, though upper 

 more so. Tongue thick, fleshy, little free. Nostrils large, 

 together, posterior much larger and placed close to upper 

 front edge of eye. Interorbitals rather broad and convexly 

 depressed. Preorbital large, its width about 2/3 its length 

 and latter i 2// in eye, other suborbitals all narrower. Hind 

 preopercle edge nearly straight, and inclined a little anteriorly. 



Gill-opening extending forward about opposite last 2/5 in 



