Serpe black! new species 
Depth 3 7/8 to 4 1/2; head 2 3/5 to 2 7/e, width 2 2/5 to 2 3/5. 
Snout 6 to 7 1/5 in head from snout tip; eye 3 1/2 to 3 4/5, greater 
then snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches 3/4 to 7/8 eye diameters 
behind eye though not to slightly inclined hind preopercle edge, ex¬ 
pansion 2 4/5 to 3 1/4 in eye, length 1 l/g in head from snout tip; 
interorbital 4 1/4 to 6, level. Gill rakers 10 + 14, slender, lanceolate 
1 2/5 in eye; gill filaments 1 1/2 in gill rakers. 
Scales 30 in lateral line, not enlarged; 3 above, 4 below, 11 
predorsal forward to occiput. Caudal base scaly. Scales with 3 basal 
radiating striae; circuli fine, complete. 
