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Depth 5 5/4 to 7 1/5; head 5 1/2 to 3 3/4, width 2 3/5 
to 2 3/4. Snout 3 1/4 to 3 3/5 in head from snout tip; eye 
20 to 22, 4 3/4 to 6 l/2 in snout, 7 1/5 to 8 in interorbital; 
maxillary extends 9 1/2 eye diameters behind eye, expansion 
equals 1 1/2 to 1 4/5 eye diameters, length 1 2/5 in head 
from snout tip; interorbital 3 to 3 2/5, low, broadly convex. 
Gill rakers 9 f 25, finely lanceolate, slender, 4 times eye; 
gill filaments 3/5 gill rakers. 
Scales 50 to 53 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 
to 7 more on latter; 9 above, 8 or 9 below, 29 to 36 predor¬ 
sal forward opposite front eye edge. Scales very caducous, 
most all fallen. Scales cycloid, with fine basal circuli, 
obsolete apically. 
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D. II, 10, I to II, 12, I, first branched ray 1 1/3 to 
1 3/5 in total head length; A. II, 12, I, first branched ray 
1 2/5 to 1 1/2; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 4 1/5; 
upper caudal lobe 1 1/8 to 1 1/4, lower terminal filament 1 
1/6 in rest of body; pectoral 2 3/4 to 3, rays 9; ventral 
rays 7, first greatly prolonged beyond tip of caudal filament, 
equal body without caudal or 1 1/8 in same. 
