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Depth 2 4/5 in head; 13 3/4 to caudal base, head 5 4/5, 1 7/8 
to vent, width 3 4/5 its length; combined head and trunk 1 1/2 in 
i 1 to Caudc.1 base, onout 4 in head; eye 8 1/5, 2 in snout, 1 in 
interorbital; mouth clett reaches opposite hind eye edge, length 
- 1,1 head; teeth conic, in rather narrow bands in jaws and outer 
row little enlarged; transverse patch of premaxillary teeth rather 
Laige conic, exposed and followed by short row of 4 on front of 
vomer of which first 2 larger but not conspicuously prominent; 
tongue free; interorbital 7, nearly level. Gill opening 5 1/3, 
below pectoral base. 
Lateral line axial, prominent. 
Dorsal origin begins over upper hind end of gill opening, fin 
height 53/4 in head; anal fin height 8 7/8; caudal 7 1/4, pointed/ 
pectoral 3 3/4. 
Pale brown, lower surface of head and belly whitish. Lateral 
line whitish. Iris grayish, investing membranes whitish. Large 
dark brown blotch of opercle. Dorsal and anal whitish, posterior 
margins blackish though this extended further forward on anal. 
Caudal pale basally, end whitish, medially dusky. Pectoral pale or 
whitish. 
46753 U. S. N. M. Bay of Bengal. Investigator Collection. Length 
255 mm. 
