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Depth 24 7/8 to 31 2/3; head 9 to 9 1/4, 3 7/8 to 4 to 
vent, width 4 1/5 to 4 1/2 its length; combined head and 
trunk 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in tail. Snout 6 1/5 to 7 1/4 in head; 
eye 9 to 10 3/4, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in snout, 1 1/4 to 1 1/3 in 
interorbital; mouth cleft extends 1 2/5 to 1 1/2 eye diameters 
behind eye, length 2 1/2 to 3 in head; teeth uniserial in 
jaws and on vomer, in young inner row of 2 or 3 medial max¬ 
illary teeth; 2 or 3 large fangs in row on premaxillary, sur¬ 
rounded by 10 or a dozen large teeth than in maxillaries, 
also first 6 larger than other raandibulars; interorbit&l 7 
1/2 to 9 1/2, low, only very slightly convex. Gill opening 
subequal with eye. 
Dorsal origin at last 1/3 to 2/5 in postrictal, fin 
higher than anal. 
Light brown, paler below, with 30 to 40 variable or 
irregular dark to blackish brov/n cross bands, sometimes fork¬ 
ed, extending on fins, and wider or narrower than pale inter¬ 
spaces. Some or all may be complete, encircle body or even 
appear as broken blotches. Within pale interspaces often 
numerous scattered variable small spots or dots, mostly in- 
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conspicuous on account of their small size and crowded aD- 
pearance, not extending on lower surface of body. 
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