1334 
Depth 9, 4 to anal; head 7 2/5 In total, 3 1/5 to anal, 
width 2 3/4, Snout 4 1/8 in head; eye 6 1/8, 1 1/3 in snout, 
1 2/5? in interorbital; maxillary reaches 3/4 in eye, length 
from snout tip 2 2/5 in head.; upper teeth blunt, slender, 
well spaced, uniform, 32 each side and lower teeth shorter, 
more slender and in double rows; 2 to 4 irregular series of 
slender short teeth on palatines; interorbital 5 in head, 
broadly convex, low. Gill rakers 3+9, lanceolate, tapering 
from rather robust bases to short slender points, 1 3/4 in 
gill filaments, which little less than eye. 
Scales 400? in lateral line; 20 above, 36 below, 40 post¬ 
ocular. Ventrals scaly. Lateral line axial, continued to 
last third of tail, 
D. X, first spine inserted behind ventral origin; A. XIX, 
130; pectoral 2 3/5 in head, rays 17, ventral 4 1/10, rays II, 
8 or 9, 
Light brov/n, nearly cinnamon or russet. Lower surface 
of head little darker. Inside gill opening blackish brown. 
Fins all brov/n. 
Atlantic Ocean. Known by its deep robust body and very 
small scales. 
