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Derraoge ^s pectoralis new species. 
Depth 5| to 5-3/5; head ?-2/5 to 2|, from 
upper jaw tip 3 to 3-1/5, width 2-7/8 to 3-1/10. Snout 
tip to eye 2 ^ to 2-2/5 in head from snout tip; eye 3|- 
to 4 in head, 1-2/3 to 1-3/4 in snout, 1 to 1-1/8 in 
interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite front eye edge, 
length 2^ to 2-2/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital 
low, slightly concave. Gill rakers 1 -f 9 
low points, i of gill filaments, which 2 in eye. 
Scales 40 or 41 in axial lateral series to 
caudal base and 5 more on latter; 16 transversely from 
front of anal sheath to dorsal origin, 36 or 37 predorsal 
forward to occiput. Scales small and more or less 
crowded about edges of body and on caudal. Scales v/ith 
5 or 6 basal radiating striae; circuli 18 to 20, complete. 
D. II, 8, first brached ray 3 to 3-1/8 in total 
head length; A. Ill - 8, third branched ray 4 to 4-1/5; 
caudal 2-1/5 to 2-1/3, rounded behind; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 4-3/4 to 4-4/5; pectoral 1-3/4 to 1-4/5, 
reaches to or slightly beyond ventral origin; ventral 
3-2/3 to 3-3/4. 
Largely uniform brownish. Iris pale, evidently 
silvery when fresh. Fins all brownish, hind caudal portion 
with narrow submarginal blackish line. 
