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Depth 9 1/5 to 10 1/2; head 5 2/5 to 5 3/5, width 3 1/5 to 4 l/8. 
Snout 2 l/4 to 3 1/8 in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 6 1/4, 1 1/5 to 
2 7/8 in snout, greater than interorbital in young to equal to front of 
interorbital with age, adipose lids only narrow border or marginal; 
maxillary extends 1/2 to 4/5 eye diameters behind eye, length 1 2/5 to 
1 1/2 in head from snout tip; upper jaw teeth very small, uniserial in 
outer row and inner row of large strongly compressed teeth, first 4 anterior 
largest and others gradually smaller; lower teeth much larger and broader 
posteriorly in jaws, 2 canines each side in front and 3 larger ones just 
before middle; interorbital 5 4/5 to 6 1/2, nearly level, opercle, subopercle 
and side of mandible basally with strong radiating striae. Gill rakers 
o or 6 4- 13 to 20, short points, 1 2/3 in gill filaments which 1 3/4 in eye. 
Lateral line median or axial along side. 
D« 39; A. 15 to 17; adipose fin 3 1/4 to 4; caudal long as head in 
young to much greater with age, deeply forked, with broad lobes; least depth 
pectoral equals head or longer; 
of caudal peduncle 7 to 8;/ventral 1 3/4 to 3 1/8, front edge of spine finely 
granular. 
Dark brown, burnished with silvery white on sides of head. Dorsal with 
blackish membrane. Adipose fin dark brown. Anal and caudal brown. Pectoral 
blackish, /entral dark gray, silvery white basally. 
