Depth 7 1/4 to 7 9/lOj head 4 4/5 to 5 l/6, width 2 l/4. 
Snout 2 3/5 to 3 in head? eye 3 l/lO to 5 l/8, 1 to 1 4/5 in snout, 
1 to 1 2/3 in interorbitalj maxillary reaches to or slightly beyond 
hind eye edge, length from its front end 2 l/2 to 2 7/8 in head; teeth 
simple conic, curved, in 2 or 3 series in front above and lower irreg¬ 
ularly uniserial or biserial; mandibular barbel small, thin, 1/4 of 
ey0} interorbital 3 l/5 to 3 l/3 in head, low, broadly convex. Gill 
rakers 1+8 low spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill fila- 
\ 
ments, which 2 2/3 in eye. 
Scales 102 to 120? in lateral line, of which 19 to 21 forward 
of vent; 5 above, 12 to 18 below, 12 to 14 predorsal forward to occiput 
or close behind hind orbital edge. Scales with 8 to 10 radiating artie- 
ulated ridged striae apically, not projecting behind scale edge; circuli 
moderately fine, more or less complete. 
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D. II, 7 to II, 9_110, first branched ray 1 7/8 to 2 in head; 
second dorsal origin begins well before end of depressed first dorsal 
rays; pseudocaudal very small or little developed; A. 104; pectoral rays 
15, fin 1 2/3 in head, ventral rays I, 6, fin 2 2/3 to 3 l/2. 
Uniform brownish, where scales have fallen pockets blackish 
brown. Iris pale brown. Inside mouth and gill opening blackish. Fins 
brown. 
Japan. My specimens all differ from Gflnther’s figure in show¬ 
ing a large maxillary, which reaches nearly or quite till opposite hind 
eye edge or beyond. 
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U. S. N. M., No. 51469. 
Length 523 to 527 mm. 2 examples. 
