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Depth 5 1/4 to 6 4/5; head 3 to 5 1/4, width 1 4/5 to 2. 
Snout 3 2/5 to 3 1/2 in head from snout tip; eye 2 1/4 to 
2 2/5, greater than snout or very narrow interorbital; max¬ 
illary reaches 1/3 to 2/5 in eye, expansion 2 1/3 to 3 in 
eye, length 2 to 2 1/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital 
8 to 10 in eye, low, with deep median groove. Gill rakers ' . 
3 4- 19 to 21, lanceolate, twice gill filaments or 1/3 of eye. 
Scales 48 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 
more on latter; 5 above, 5 below, 12 or 13 predorsal, 3 rows 
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on cheek. Scales with 44 or 45 basal radiating circuli; 
obscure apically; 10 to 12 broad short apical points. 
D. II, 8, I to II, 10, I, fin height 1 1/2 to 2 l/8? in 
total head length; adipose fin 5 1/5 to 8 7/8; A. II, 7, I or 
II, 8, I, fin height I: 2 1/5 to 3 1/3; caudal 1 2/3 to 1 7/8, 
forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 3/5 to 5; pectoral 
1 2/5 to 1 2/3, rays 14 or 15; ventral 1 3/5 to 1 7/8? in 
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total head length, rays, 9. 
