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Depth 6 to 6 1/2; head 3 4/5 to 3 7/8, width 2 1/3 to 3. 
Snout 2 9/10 to 3 1/8 in head from snout tip; eye 19 to 20, 
6 to 6 1/2 in snout, 7 to 8 in Interorbital; maxillary extends 
5 eye diameters behind eye, expansion equals 2 to 2 1/4 eye 
diameters, length 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in head from snout tip; inter¬ 
orbital 2 7/8 to 3 1/4, moderately high. Gill rakers 12 f 30, 
slender, needle shaped, 1/4 of head. 
Scales 50 to 59 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more 
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on latter; 6 above, 8 below. 
D. II, 11, I, first branched ray 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in total 
head length; adipose fin (sometimes absent) 4 7/8; A. I, 8, I, 
first branched ray 1 2/5 to 2 1/3; caudal 1 2/5 or sometimes 
lower ray prolonged, lower notch absent; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3 1/2 to 3 2/3 in total head; pectoral 3 4- 13, upper¬ 
most prolonged, forked midway between adipose fin and caudal 
base, aftershaft slightly shorter, lower group of rays reach 
adipose fin; ventral reaches middle of depressed anal, first 
2 rays sometimes little prolonged and dilated terminally. 
Light greenish with narrow black margins to scales. 
Sides of head, abdomen, inside mouth and abdominal cavity black. 
Vertical and ventral fins black, with lighter edges. Pectorals 
colorless. Length 330 mm. (Gttnther.) 
Western Pacific. 
