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behind the adipose fin and anal, which fins approximate to the tail ; 

 lateral line straight. The (first) dorsal rises 5in. from the snout, its 

 front margin a little anterior to the ventrals, the first rays high, thirteen 

 in all; pectorals long and pointed, eighteen rays; ventrals wide, with 

 thirteen rays, and a very short one ; a scale at its root the breadth of 

 the root, the ventral wing short (scales of the body of moderate size) ; 

 anal fin with thirteen rays, and a very short one ; twenty- three rays in 

 the tail, colour above dark, with a tint of blue ; cheeks, sides, and below 

 silvery white ; fins a neutral tint. The eye is large, and the mystache is 

 greatly curved, reaching back to the front of the eye. 



