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Length of head 4f to 5 ; height of body 44 to 5 times 

 in the total length. j/r. Without adipose lids ; the 

 diameter of each 4^ in the length of the head * y from I to 

 i^ diameters from the end of the snout, and 2\ apart. 

 Snout obtuse ; upper lip rather thick, with two or three 

 rows of papillae on its lowest portion ; while in others there 

 are several but much smaller rows, perhaps due to season. 

 Angles made by the anterior edges of mandibles obtuse, 

 the extent of the gape of the mouth being about three 

 times as wide as the depth of its cleft ; mandibles very 

 broad ; the end of the maxilla visible behind and below 

 the angle of the mouth. Preorbital obtusely truncated, 

 posteriorly coming to a point ; its lower edge, which is 

 somewhat rounded, being finely serrated. A narrow strip 

 of the chin is uncovered. Teeth. Fine labial ones in the 

 upper lip. Fins. The dorsal commences somewhat nearer 

 the caudal fin, or midway between it and the end of the 

 snout ; spines stout, the two first of the same height, and 

 equalling that of the postorbital length of the head. The 

 interspace between the two dorsal fins equal to or slightly 

 exceeding that of the base of the first dorsal. Pectoral 

 inserted somewhat above the centre of the depth of the 

 body, and its length equalling that of the head, excluding 

 the snout. Anal below the second dorsal, and rather 

 higher than it. Scales. About 26 between the snout and 

 the base of the first dorsal fin. The second dorsal com- 

 mences above the twenty-ninth scale of the lateral-line ; 

 the pectoral reaches the tenth or twelfth, and has no 

 elongated angular scale at the axilla ; while such is present 

 at the base of the ventral and first dorsal. A few scales on 

 upper part of the preorbital and the anterior edge and base 

 of soft dorsal and anal fins. Colours. Grey shot with 

 bronze about the head, cheeks golden, sides silvery dashed 



