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Body rather elongate, little oortipressed, 
caudal peduno3.e compressed; head 2 2/3 to center of hind 
caudal edge, head from snout tip 4 8/9 to caudal base. 
Eye large, lateral, high, nearer snout tip than hind 
opercle edge; beak long, stout; teeth in jaws minute, 
none on palate; interorbital broad, gently convex. 
Scales 54 in lateral series to caudal base. 
No lateral line. 
D. 14, second ray longest; A. 12, origin below 
middle of dorsal base, second ray long; caudal deepl|r 
forked, lobes pointed, lower longer and broader; pectoral 
rays 11, fin long; ventral rays 6, origin nearer anal 
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than pectoral. 
In formaline bluish, dark on back, lighter below. 
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Beak dark. Dorsal and caudal dusky, paired fins little 
lighter. Anal whitish. length about 390 mm. (Tanaka.) 
Rui Kui, Japan, Bonin Islands. Although Oirard 
does not give any fin counts he describes the color as 
bluish, darkest on back and lighter below. Tinge of green 
on sides and upper lobe of caudal. Narrov/ green stripe on 
middle of sides from pectoral to caudal and broader bordering 
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stripe on each side pale silvery blue tinged with greenish. 
Beak dark indigo blue towards tip, lighter basally. Fins 
pale bluish, caudal dark dusky blue. 
