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Depth 2 3/7 to 3 2/3 in head, 16 1/5 to 21 1/5 to caudal base; 
head 5 4/5 to 5 7/8, 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 in head, width 4 1/8 to 4 1/5; 
combined head and trunk 1 1/2 to 1 3/5 in tail. Snout 3 to 3 1/5 in 
head; eye 8 to 8 1/5, 2 1/2 to 2 2/3 in snout, greatly exceeds in¬ 
terorbital; mouth cleft reaches 3/4 in eye, length 2 1/4 to 2 2/5 
in head; rather broad bands of small share conic teeth on ere- 
maxillaries and front of jaws, former exposed as mouth closes and 
posteriorly smaller and bands narrowing, outer row in each jaw also 
larger and laterally all flaring out; only several small teeth like 
others adjacent on head of vomer, none on shaft; interorbital 12 3/4 
to 16, nearly level. (Jill opening 5 1/2 to 7 1/2, lowu 
Lateral line axial, complete. 
Dorsal origin over hind edge of gill opening, fin height 4 1/4 
to 6 1/2 in head; anal fin height 5 1/5 to 5 1/2; caudal 4 1/5 to 4 
1/4; pectoral 4 1/5 to 4 3/5. 
Brown, but slightly paler on under surface of head and belly. 
Iris gray brown. Fins brownish, verticals dusky marginally and 
terminally. Pectorals uniformly light brown. Gill openings pale. 
Dia gnosis, Characters in those of the genus and especially 
evident in the uniform dentition, without canines, some of the outer 
teeth flaring outward and the short biserial vomerine series. The long 
jaws, suggestive of Chlopsis or even Muroenesox, but the dentition 
entirely different. 
Type N o. 
U. S. N. M. 
