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Depth 12 1/2 to 17; head 7 to 7 3/5, 3 1/5 to 3 1/3 
to vent, width 2 4/5 to 3 3/5 in its length; combined head 
and trunk 1 to 1 1/5 in tail. Snout 5 to 54/5 in head; 
eye 6 1/2 to 10 l/3, 1 to 2 in snout, 1 to 1 1/5 in inter¬ 
orbital; mouth cleft extends 1 to 2 eye diameters behind 
eye, length 2 to 2 1/8 in head; teeth biserial on maxlllar- 
ies with inner row of 7 or 8 and in young third outer 
series of small teeth which soon lost; premaxillary with 
2 or 3 large median fangs and outer loup of rather larger 
teeth; vomerine teeth uniserial or biserial, with jew 
larger inner teeth anteriorly; interorbital 6 l/5 to 7, 
low, depressed. Gill opening 3/4 to 7/8 of eye. 
Dorsal origin midway to last third in postrictal space 
fin little higher than anal. 
Color very variable, usually brown or even whitish basic 
color. Often with very numerous crowded white or yellow 
small spots and with or without black gill openings. Some¬ 
times with small variable dark or even nearly black spots, 
which may even be more or less transversely arranged, appear 
as streaks, mottling or even reticulations. Dark or pale- 
soots may be equally contrasted on the same individual. In 
young spots comparatively fewer. Sometimes coloration near¬ 
ly uniform brown, of various shades. 
