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extending to below the front margin of the eye ; teeth none ; 

 snout longer than the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of 

 the head; ventral fin inserted below the anterior third of the 

 dorsal fin, the base of which is midway between the root of the 

 caudal and the end of the snout ; caudal fin deeply forked ; there 

 are fourteen abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventrals. 

 Back bluish-green, side silvery, both colom's being sharply defined 

 from each othei-. 



Misol Island. 



Length 5 inches. 



