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Head 3 1/6; depth 5 1/2; D. ix, 14; A. vi, 12; scales about 

 105 along course of lateral line to caudal base; 13 scales above 

 1. 1., 12 below; about 90 predorsal scales; head width 3 7/8 in 

 its length; snout 2 1/3 in head measured from upper jaw tip; 

 eye 8 1/2; maxillary 2 1/8; jnterorbital 4 3/4. 



Body well compressed, also caudal peduncle. Head com- 

 pressed, with flattened sides not approximating below. Snout 

 broadly depressed, profile concave, width about i 1/2 its 

 length. Eye high, about midway in center of head length. 

 Lower jaw well protruded. Tongue depressed, rounded and 

 free in front. Maxillary reaches about first third in pupil. 

 Interorbital concave, depressed medianly. Branchiostegals 

 14. Scales smaller along caudal base and breast. Median 1. 1. 

 of about 45 gashes on hind edges of scales. Also 4 or more 

 similar parallel irregular 1. lines above and below main median 

 course, variously complete, most prominent on side of abdo- 

 men over ventral and on caudal peduncle. Dorsal inserted 

 slightly in advance of anal origin, fins alike. Caudal moder- 

 ately emarginate. Pectoral 2 in head, i 2/;^ to ventral. Lat- 

 ter inserted little nearer anal than pectoral origin, fin 2 3/5 

 in head, or i 3/4 to anal. Vent close before anal. 



Color in alcohol deep brownish on back, under surfaces 

 paler. Sides with about 8 lengthwise rows of rather elongate 

 leaden-gray spots. Also sides of head spotted with leaden 

 gray. Iris yellowish-brown. Fins all tinged with brownish, 

 unpaired with deep brownish to dusky blotches or obscure 

 streaks. 



Length 439 mm. 



Keeweenaw Point. Dr. J. H. Slack. 



The head of a much larger example with same data shows : 

 snout 2 1/3 in head measured from upper jaw tip; eye 9; 

 maxillary 2 ; interorbital 4 3/5. 



