I 3/5; eye 3 |fb 4 2/5, I 3/4 to 3 l/8 in snout, little greater than 
■ipr 
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interorbita|p in young to I 4/5 44 to 43 rows in jaws; 
maxiliarw3 l/8 to 3 l/4 in interorbjltal 2 7/8 to 3, convexly 
opercle andajiBraeral arch with rather fine striae. Gill rakers 
9 +• 16, short, slender points, often elevate. 
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v m 5 
Scales discoid, narrowly imbricate®circuit very minute; apical denticles 
sSS&i 
44 to 43, with 5 to 13 transverse series usually developed as distinct 
cusps. 
D. IX, rarely VIII, 2p ipr 28, X 
{Sixteenth ray I l/6 
last .spine I 7/8 to 2 in head, 
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A. 21, X to 25, X, third spine 2 l/8 to 
2 2/5, 
I l/3 to I 2/5; caudal desffiy emarginate to lunate 
lobes sharply Jfsinted thouglranly moderately^^tended, 3 to 3 3/4 in 
combined head and body; least depth oJ§fbaudal peduncle 2 1/5 to 2 4/5 in 
head; pecf&ral 2 3/5 to 3 l/^;#fPcombined head and body; ventral I l/8 
> v "5r. s -*^'-~ 
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!al spine 3 l/4 to4 3/4. 
to I 1/4 
