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mouth is large, the lower jaw the longest, the numerous 

 teeth equal in size and small ; the eyes large, irides yellow, 

 the pupils dark, the head depressed : the prevailing colour on 

 the top of the head and back dark red, becoming lighter on 

 the sides, and passing into a flesh-coloured silvery white on 

 the under part of the head and body ; all the fins are red ; 

 the flexible rays of the dorsal fin elongated. 



