Depth 11 to 13, thick or robust, sides 
slightly compressed; head 2 2/3 to 3i, head from snout 
tip 4 3/5 to 4 7/8, width 3 1/6 to 3 1/5. Snout 2^ in 
head from snout tip; eye 4 1/3 to 4 4/5, 2 to 2 1/8 in 
snout, 1 to 1 1/8 in interorbital; maxillary reaches 3/4 
to 4/5 to eye, length 2 7/8 to 3 1/6 in head from snout 
tip; interorbital 4 3/4 to 5 1/8, low, slightly convex. 
rakers 1.0't 24, lanceolate, 1 1/8 in gill filaments, 
which 2^ in eye. 
V 
Scales 90 to 105 in lateral axial series from 
above gill opening to middle of caudal base and 8 or 9 
more on latter; 14 scales above lateral line, 3 below, 70 
predorsal scales to occiput which opposite hind or vertical 
edge of preopercle or about 95 forward to front of snout. 
Small scales on dorsal and anal basally and anteriorly, 
also caudal base scaly. Scales with 5 or 6 radiating basal 
striae; circuli fine, more or less complete, less so 
apically, 
D. II, 13 to II, 16, first branched ray 4^- to 
4 4/5 in total head length; A. II, 14 to II, 16, first 
branched ray 4 3/5 to 5; caudal 2 2/3 to 2 3/4, little 
emarginate behind with lower lobe slightly longer; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 10 to 11§; pectoral 1 4/5 to 
1 7 / 8 ; ventral 5 to 5 1/5, origin midway between gill 
ppening and caudal base. 
