1305 
Depth 6 7/8 to 87/8, 3 to 3 1/3 to vent; head 6 1/3 to 
7 2/3 to caudal base, 2 2/3 to 3 to vent, width 2 1/2 to 3. 
Snout 3 2/3 to 4 2/3 in head; eye 5 to 5 2/5, 1 to 1 1/2 in 
snout, greater than interorbital in young to subequal with 
age; maxillary reaches 1/4 to 2/5 in eye, length from snout 
tip 2 2/5 to 3 1/8 in head; interorbital 5 to 5 7/8, broadly 
convex. Gill rakers 3 f 14, short, lanceolate, 1/2 of gill 
filaments, which 1 4/5 in eye. 
Scales very minute, imbricated, adherent. Lateral line 
distinct, axial along side to middle of tail. 
D. XI, last 4 to 5 in head; A. XVIII to XXI, 138?, cau¬ 
dal 4 to 7 in head; pectoral 1 7/8 to 2; ventral 2 to 2 1/6, 
confluent. 
Uniform brown. Edges of gill opening blackish. Iris 
gray brown. 
Atlantic *Ocean, 
