Depth 4 2/3 to 5l; head equals or slightly exceeds depth, length 
equals its width. Snout 2 in head, as seen above forms an equilateral 
triangle; eye 3 2/3 to 3 , 2 1/5 to 2 2/5 in snout, 1 to 1 1/5 in inter¬ 
orbital: maxillary would reach half way to eye, length 3 in head: mouth 
width 2 : interorbital flat; nostrils well separated, front one near middle 
in snout length. 
Tubular scales 3? or 3^ in lateral line, which begins behind eye, 
passes back in loop over pectoral, then descends below first dorsal to lower 
fourth in£body depthsheight [shown but little below middle in body depth 
in figurejj and between two dorsals makes downward loop and under beginning 
of s.econd dorsal rises to center of side and continues on to caudal; 11 
scales transverselyCat second dorsal origin 5 below to lateral line and at 
anal origin 4 above to lateral line on figured , few small postocular scales: 
small opercle partially scaled, those on upper half very small; upper 2/3 
of muscular pectoral base covered with small scales: uooer half of sectoral 
covered for 3/3 its length rath small conspicuous scales; basal half of 
caudal with small scales. 
Dorsal VII —-I, 8 , second spine 1 2/5 in ', ]./: Anal 
I, 8 , third ray 1 1 1 < 1 st deptt of caudal pedu e 1 7 / 3 ; ventral, 
interventral space 2 g- in fin length; caudal 1 in rest of fish: oectoral 1 , 
rays T, 19 , t. 
Color in alcohol brown to yellowish, darkest on top of head, ^irst 
dorsal with black band near base and another near margin above which free 
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tips of spines project. Caudal marked by transverse bars and blotches of 
brown. 
Length 104 to 106 mm. (Herre.) 
