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Depth 4 7/8 to 6 3/4; head 2 1/4 to 3 1/3, width 1 4/5 
to 2. Snout 3 1/8 to 3 7/8 in head from snout tip; eye 2 to 
2 4/5, greatly exceeds snout or interorbital; maxillary 
reaches 1/4 to 2/5 in eye, expansion 2 2/3 to 2 7/8 in eye, 
length 2 to 2 3/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital 7 1/2, 
to 11, low. Gill rakers 3 or 4 f 18 or 19, lanceolate, over 
twice gill filaments or 3 to 4 in eye. 
Scales 49 to 54 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 
to 5 more on latter; 4 to 6 above, 5 to 7 below, 11 to 14 pre¬ 
dorsal, 2 rov/s on cheek. Caudal base finely scaled. Scales • 
with 25 to 44 basal circuit; firm apical edge with 6 to 12 
little defined minute irregular points. 
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D. II, 8, I or II, 9, I, first branched ray 1 1/3 to 
1 2/3 in total head length; adipose fin4; A. I or II, 6 I to 
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I, 9, I, first branched ray 2 1/4 to 2 1/2; caudal 1 l/3 to 
1 4/5, deeply forked; least depth of cauda}. peduncle 32/3 
to 4 2/3; pectoral 1 1/8 to 1 2/5; ventral 1 2/5 to 1 4/7. 
Largely pale brown, paler to white below. Iris silvery 
white. Opercle and sides of head with silvery white reflect¬ 
ions. Inside gill opening dusky. Fins pale or uniform 
brownish. 
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. 
