952 . 
Depth 6 to 7; heed 4 4/5 to 5 1/8, -width 1 4/5 to 1 7/8. 
Snout 3 2/3 to 4 in head; eye 3 to 3 l/8, greatly exceeds snout, 1 
to 1 l/8 in interorbital} mandibular barbel 1/3 of eye; maxillary 
reaches 4/5 to hind eye edge, length from its front edge 1 3/4 to 1 
7/8 in head; teeth even, minutely villiform, in narrow bands in 
jaws; interorbital 2. 7/8 to 3 1/8, low, unevenly depressed. Gill 
rakers 4 + 17 short robust spinescent points on second arch, l/2 of 
gill filaments, which l/4 of eye. 
Scales 80 in lateral line, of which 12 forward of vent; 6 
above, 6 below, 9 forward on predorsal to occiput opposite hind eye edge. 
Scale mostly all fallen, apparently present on head where nearly large 
as on body. Scales with 4 or 5 rows of slender and rather long spinules 
apically; circuli rather coarse and few. 
D» n_, 9—133, first dorsal (damaged) little over l/2 of head; 
interdorsal space 1 7/8 in head; A. 95, higher anteriorly and much 
higher than second dorsal; pseudocaudal minute short rudiment; pectoral 
rays I, 12, fin 1 2/3 to 2 1/2 in head; ventral rays I, 10, fin 1 l/8 in 
head, first ray ending in filament. 
Light brown, with silvery white sheen on sides of head and 
trunk, becoming more grayish on belly. Eyes silvery white. Inside mouth 
and gill opening pale to whitish. Fins all pal© or whitish. 
Gulf of Mexico. Although Goode and Bean state the scales are 
cycloid, with no visible armature” several scales on the belly in a few 
examples, are spinescent* Their figure is quite crude, failing to repre¬ 
sent details clearly* In all my examples except the type, the under 
surfaces of the head and trunk are quite dark or swarthy* 
