Depth 6^ to 7 - 2 / 3 , moderately compressed, sides more or less 
flattened; head 3-7/8 to 4-2/5, width 2-l/3 to 2f, Snout 2-7/8 to 3 
in head fran snout tip; eye 3f to 4, 1^ to I-I /3 in snout, 1 to l-l/c 
in interorbital; maxillary reaches 2/3 to f to eye, length 4 to 4-l/8 
in head from snout tip; mandible but very slightly protruded before 
snout tip; interorbital 3|- to 3-4/5 in head from snout tip, low, level. 
will rakers 8 17, lanceolate, 2-l/3 in gill filaments, which 1-7/8 in 
eye. 
Scales 52 to 54 in axial lateral series from above gill opening 
to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 7 above lateral line to dorsal origin 
3 below to anal origin; 46 to 48 predorsal to front of snout of which 36 
or 37 extend to occiput. Vertical fins finely scaled. Scales with 0 to 
5 basal radiating striae; cirouli fine, usually less distinct or absent 
apically. 
D. II, 13, I or II, 14, I, first branched ray 1 - 5/6 to 2 - 1/5 
in total head; A, II, 13, I, first branched ray 2—2/5 to 3; caudal 1 to 
l-l/s, deeply forked, lower lobe little longer; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3-2/3 to 4^; pector .1 1^ to if; ventral 2-|- to 2f, origin midway 
between front or hind pupil edge and caudal base. 
Back brown, below and under surfaces paler with silvery re¬ 
flections. Sides of head more or less bright silvery white, also iris. 
Snout above brown, like top of head. Narrow silvery white lateral streak 
from above pectoral origin, expanded until about half vertical pupil 
diameter between dorsal and anal, bordered with neutral gray line above. 
Fins pale brown, anal and caudal still paler or even with pale yellowish 
tinge basally. Caudal lobes variably with black tips, usually lower more 
extensive. Front dorsal and anal lobes, one or other or both, sometimes 
tipped with black. 
