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Depth 11 4/5 to 12 2/3; head 4 7/8 to 5, width 4 to 
4 1/10. Snout 2 1/8 in head; eye 4 1/8 to 4 7/8, 2 1/5 to 
2 2/5 in snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary 2 2/5 
in head, reaches 1 1/8 in snout; maxillary teeth all small, 
uniform, close set, numerous; 7 teeth on each mandibular: 
ramus as rather long canines; small uni serial teeth on each 
palatine with at least canine anteriorly; interorbital 6 1/2 
to 7 1/8 in head, low, depressed. Gill rakers as minute, 
numerous, subequal close set denticles, greatly less than 
gill rakers, which 2 in eye. 
Scales 62 to 67 in lateral line, extending posteriorly 
opposite middle of anal fin. 
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D. II, 9 or II, 10, origin near first fourth in space 
between ventral and anal origins, forst branched ray 3 in 
head; adipose fin 6 1/4 to 6 1/2; A. Ill, 17 to III, 19, 
first branched 2 3/4 to 3 1/5; caudal small, damaged, appar¬ 
ently forked; 3 to 3 1/4?; ventral 3 1/4 to 3 2/5; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 6 3/4 to 7. 
Pale brownish generally. 
Opercles and lower sides of head with silvery reflections. 
Iris silvery gray. Fins whitish. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
