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fins excluded, compared to the whole length, as one to three : 

 the nose is rounded and produced, projecting beyond the 

 mouth : the upper jaw the longest ; both jaws furnished with 

 minute teeth on the under or white side of the fish only : the 

 eyes small ; the lower eye over the angle of the mouth ; the 

 upper eye placed more forward in a vertical line ; the irides 

 yellow ; the pupils blue : the space between the eyes, the 

 cheek, and operculum, flat, and covered with small rough 

 ciliated scales : the pectoral and ventral fins small ; the dorsal 

 fin begins at the point of the nose, the anal fin under the 

 line of the edge of the gill-cover ; both extend the whole 

 length of the body, ending on the same plane, near the base 

 of the caudal rays ; and both these fins have a series of small, 

 rough, ciliated scales, extending along the line of each ray : 

 the tail rather long, and slightly rounded. 

 The fin-rays in number are — 



D. 84 : P. 7 : V. 5 : A. 67 : C. 17. Vertebra 47. 



The form of the body is a long oval, widest at a short 

 distance behind the head, becoming narrower and rather 

 pointed towards the tail ; the colour on the upper side al- 

 most a uniform dark brown ; the scales small, each ciliated 

 at the edge, and rough to the touch ; the lateral line running 

 straight from the tail forward to the operculum, then rising 

 and ending on a line with the superior edge of the upper 

 orbit ; the pectoral fin tipped with black. On the under 

 side the colour is white : about the nostril and mouth are 

 numerous soft papillae. 



