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Depth 29 2/5 to 31 1/3; head 10 1/4 to 11, 5 to 5 1/6 to 
vent, width 3 1/3 to 3 3/5 in its length; combined head and 
trunk 1 1/8 in tail or 1/8 longer than tail. Snout 4 3/5 to 
5 1/8 in head; eye 9 1/3 to 11 1/4, 2 to 2 1/4 in snout, 1 1/3 
to 1 4/5 in interorbital; mouth cleft extends 2/5 to 1/2 an eye 
diameter behind eye, length 2 4/5 to 3 1/8 in head; teeth slen¬ 
der, pointed, conic, uniserial in jaws and on vomer, oval group 
on premaxillaries; interorbital 6 4/5 to 7, convex. Gill open-- 
ing 7 1/2 to 8, equals interspace. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin over first 2/5 to last fifth of pectoral, fin 
height 5 in head; anal little lower; pectoral 3 3/5 to 4, 
Brown, little paler on under surfaces. About 30 obscure 
dark blotches on back, variable and irregular, extending on dor¬ 
sal or variously broken as smaller variable spots or blotches but 
not extending on uniform under surfaces. First upper dark blotch 
covers entire upper part of pharynx. Dorsal, other than noted, 
together with anal and caudal pale brownish, well contrasted 
usually with darker body. Iris pale gray. 
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