1588 
. Depth 4 1/3 to 4 3/4; head 3 to 3 1/5, width 2 to 2 
2/3. Snout 2 1/4 to 21/2 In head from snout tip; eye 3 to 
3 3/5, 1 1/5 to 1 1/4 in snout, greatly exceeds narrow in- 
terorbital; maxillary reaches 7/8 to 9/10 in snout, expan¬ 
sion 2 4/5 to 3 in eye, length 2 3/5 to 2 3/4 in head from 
snout tip; interorbital 8 1/2 to 9 1/4, low. Gill rakers 
2 f 11, lanceolate, slightly less than gill filaments, which 
2 4/5 in eye. 
Scales 50 to 60 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 
5 more on latter; 6 above, 6 or 7 below, 14 to 16 predorsal 
forward to eyes. Scales with 40 to 41 basal circuli, not 
extending apically; 12 to 16 short apical points. 
D. II, 8, I, first.branched ray 1 1/2 to 2 in total 
head length; adipose fin 4 1/2 to 6; A. II, 7, I, first 
branched ray 2 1/3 to 2 2/5; caudal 1 1/4 to 1 2/5, forked; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 41/5 to 4 2/5; pectoral 1 
2/5 to 11/2; ventral 1 1/2 to 2. 
Brown above, paler below, though some specimens more or 
less uniform brownish. Side usually with silvery tints and 
under surface usually white. Iris silvery white to gray. 
Fins pale to whitish. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
