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Depth 29 2/5 to 34 1/4; head 10 4/5 to 11, 4 3/5 to 5 to 
vent, width 3 1/2 to 4 1/5 its length; combined head and trunk 
1 1/11 to 1 1/5 in tail, ^nout 5 3/5 to 5 4/5 in head; eye 11 
to 12 1/3, 1 7/8 to 2 1/8 in snout, 1 3/4 to 2 in interorbital; 
mouth cleft extends 1/2 eye diameter .behind eye, length 3 2/5 
to 3 1/2 in head; teeth conic, slender, uniserial in jaws and 
on vomer, angular series of little larger ones on premaxillary; 
interorbital 6 to 7 2/5, convex. Gill opening 6 3/4 to 9, 1 to 
1 2/5 in interspace. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin over first 1/3 to 1/2 of pectoral, fin height 
4 1/2 to 5 1/5 in head; anal lower; pectoral 2 4/5 to 3, 
Brown, under surface of head and belly paler. Large black¬ 
ish brown saddle over pharynx. Vertical fins dusky to blackish, 
each with narrow contrasted white margin. Pectoral brown, 
Madagascar, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, China, 
Formosa, Japan, Queensland, Micronesia, Polynesia, 
8144, Cebu market. August 29, 1909. Length 510 ram. 
9387, Cebu market. Sept. 4, 1909, Length 665 mm. 
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