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Scales 44? "to 53 in lateral or axial series to caudal 
base and 5 or 6 more on latterj 7 or 8 above, 2 or 3 below, 33 to 
40 predorsal. Scales with 3 to 5 basal radiating striae, edge 
scalloped? cirouli very fine, complete. 
D, 9 or 10, first branched ray 1 7/8 to 2 3/4 in 
total head length? A, 10 to 12, first branched ray 2 l/5 to 3? 
least depth of caudal peduncle 3 2/3 to 4? pectoral rays I, 13 to I, 
17, reaches far as or slightly beyond dorsal and anal though not 
quite to caudal base? ventral 2 2/3 in total to caudal base, reaches 
back about far as pectoral tips? lower caudal lobe 3 to 3 2/5 in reat 
of body, lower lobe Ig- in upper lobe. 
Back olive brown, sides and below silvery white. Iris 
silvery white. Vertical fins all more or less pale to whitish, dorsal 
with black median blotch above. Caudal with dark basal area, lower 
lobe with dark gray subterminal blotch? tip of upper lobe and all 
middle of lobe sometimes more or less dusky. Pectoral largely blackish, 
with rather narrow whitish transverse bar subbasally. Ventral whitish, 
especially hind border, becomes blackish subteminally. 
