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tall; the depth at the origin of the dorsal fin one inch and a 
fourth; the body compressed, slender, the line gently sloping 
from above the pectoral fin forward. Gape rather wide; under 
jaw protruded beyond the upper; mystache rather long; teeth 
in the jaws pointed, the largest in front of the vomer and on 
the tongue; in the present instance a very prominent one in 
front of the tongue. Eye rather large. Scales on the body 
rather large. Lateral line straight, about the middle of the 
body, in a bright white stripe from the gill-covers, and in 
two instances one higher than the other, ribmarks descending 
from it. First ray of the dorsal fin midway between the 
snout and end of the fleshy portion of the body. Adipose fin 
nearer the tail than the middle space from it to the dorsal; 
ventrals large; the caudal forked. Colour along the upper 
parts pea-green, with an appearance of transparency; below 
silvery; fins with pale tints of green. In one example the 
top of the head light brown, the fins and tail yellowish 
brown. The dorsal fin has ten or eleven rays, pectoral eleven 
or twelve, ventrals eight, anal sixteen, caudal nineteen. 
