SlO 
Depth 16 1 / 3 , body robust, scarcely compressed, 
sides convex; head 2 3/4, head from snout tip 4 3/4, v;idth 
33 / 4 , width 8 3/4 in head from mandible tip. Snout 2 2/5 
in head from snout tip; eye 4-2, 1 4/5 in snout, subequal 
with interorbital; maxillary reaches 5/6 of snout, length 
1 1/6 in head from snout tip; interorbital 4§, low, level. 
Gill rakers 8 20, lanceolate, 3/4 of gill filaments, 
latter 1 2/5 in eye. 
Scales (pockets) 48? in axial series from gill 
opening and caudal base; 8 scales above lateral line to 
dorsal origin; 37 predorsal to occiput. Dorsal and anal 
scaleless. Scales with 3 or 4 basal radiating striae; 
coarse circuli 14. 
D, II, 14, first branched ray 3 in head from 
snout tip; A. II, 16, first branched ray 2 5/6; caudal 
li, little emarginate behind and lower lobe slightly 
longer; least depth of caudal peduncle 7 3/4, compressed; 
pectoral 1-1; ventral 2-|, inserted midway between gill 
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opening and caudal base. 
Pale clay color generally, more or less uniform. 
Sides of head, especially opercle, iris and broad longitudinal 
band nearly equal to eye in width, extends from shoulder 
to caudal base-medially, bright silvery white. Beak pale 
brown. Fins uniform pale brown. 
