(Depth I to I l/8; flightly greater than body in very young; head 3 
to 3 l/2, width I 2/5 to I 4/5. Snout 2 2/5 to 2 4/5; eye 2 7/8 to 4 l/2, 
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I l/8 to I 4/5 in snout, I l/8 to!§[ 7/8 in interorbital; teeth in broad 
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fin 
bands in jaws, in about 8 irregular series, outer 3 or 4 series tridentate 
and others simple and conic; 
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reaches opposite eye, 3 1/5 to 
3 2/5 in head;interorbital brolly convex, 2 l/6 to 2 1 / 3 . Gill rakers 
2 7, short, strong, conic. 
Jfji' 
Igf 
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S3* 
Scales 76 to 80 in 
lateral line to caudal 
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ral line to caudal base; tubes 50 to 75 in 
W- 
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d- r .-T/4N.'; 
; 24 or 25 scales above lateral line at top of 
arch to origin of soft dorsal, 44 to 46 below to anal origin. Scales with 
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m 
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3 or 4 basal radlati;j§f- striae; apical denticles 22 to 30, with 5 or 6 
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transverse series <|jr basal elements; circuli fine 
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r*MF 
D. y, 32, jt or 33, 1, fifth spine I l/5 to 2 in head, second ray 
0 
nearly equals Combined head and body in young, 3-2/3 in same in adult; 
A. Ill, 25, I t'o 26, 1, third spine? 2 to 2 3/4 in head, second branched 
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ray I 3/5 in combined head and body in young, 4 l/4 in same in adult; 
caudal slightly emarginate, hind edge double concave with age, 2 2/5 to 
3 l/5;least depth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2 i/lO in head; pectoral I 1/4 
