1294 
Depth 10 4/5 to 12 2/3, 3 2/5 to 3 3/4 to vent; head 
8 4/5 to 9 4/5 to caudal base, 2 4/5 to 2 7/8 to anal, width 
3 1/4 to 3 1/3. Snout 2 3/4 to 2 7/8 in head; eye 5 to 6 2/3, 
2 to 2 1/3 In snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary 
reaches 2/3 to eye, length from snout tip 2 3/4 to 3 2/3 in 
head; each jaw with series of minute teeth, simular row on 
palatines; interorbital 7 1/4 to 8 1/2, convex. Gill rakers 
6 - 10?, lanceolate, rather short and flexible, 13/4 in gill 
filaments, which 1 1/3 in eye. 
Scales minute, imbricate, adherent. Lateral line con¬ 
tinuous until midway in tail, axial. 
D. XXVIII to XXXI, first spine inserted over hind edge 
of gill opening; A XLI to XLIII, 150?; caudal 5 to 6 in head; 
pectoral 2, ventral 2 1/6 to 2 1/5. 
Uniform brown. Iris gray. Inside mouth and gill open¬ 
ing black. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
