1917 
Depth 3 to 4 2/5; head 3 to 3 l/4, width 2 1/3 to 2 2/5. Snout 4 2/3 
to 5 l/4 in head from snout tip; eye 2 1/5 to 2 3/4, twice snout, nearly 
twice interorbital; maxillary reaches little beyond eye though not to little 
inclined hind preopercle edge, expansion 2 1/5 to 2 3/4 in eye, length 1 2/5 
to 1 1/2 in head from snout tip; interorbital 4 1/4 to 5, low, eyes nearly 
or quite impinging on upper profile of head* Gill rakers 5 j- 17, lanceolate, 
length 3/4 of eye, nearly twice gill filaments. 
Scales 38 or 39 in lateral line; 4 above, 4 below, 12 or 13 predorsal. 
Scales very caducous, mostly fallen. 
