1585 
Depth 4 1/2 to 6; head 5 to 3 1/3, width 1 3/4 to 2. 
Snout 31/4 to 3 1/2 in head from snout tip; eye 2 1/2 to 
2 3/5, greatly exceeds snout or narrow interorbital; maxi¬ 
llary reaches 1/3 to 2/5 in eye, expansion 2 2/3 to 3 in eye, 
length 2 1/5 to 2 1/3 in head from snout tip; interorbital 
? 3/4 to 8 1/2, low, narrow, bony constriction. Gill rakers 
3 + 18, lanceolate,.longest slightly longer than gill fila¬ 
ments or 1/4 of eye. 
Scales 44 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 
4 more on latter; 6 above, 5 below, 14 predorsal forward 
opposite hind eye edge. Scales with 39 or 40 basal radiating 
circuli, incomplete apically; 11 or 12 broad short apical 
points. 
D. II, 9, I, first branched ray 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in total 
head length; adipose fin 4 to 4 1/3; A. II, 7, I, first 
branched ray 2 3/5 to 2 7/8; caudal 1 3/5?, widely forked; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 3 7/8 to 4; pectoral 1 1/10 to 
1 1/8; ventral 1 2/5 to 1 1/2. 
