- 249 -- 
Depth 7 l/4; head 5 2/5, width 1 7/8. Snout 3 3/4 in head 
from snout tip; eye 4, 1 l/5 in snout, little greater than interorbital; 
maxillary reaches 3/4 in eye, length 2 in head; long slender mental 
barbel 1 7/8; teeth very minute, villiform, numerous, close set, compact, 
upper bands more than twice width of lower; interorbital 5 l/3, low, 
nearly level. Gill rakers 5+ 21, lanceolate, slender, 2 l/5 in eye; 
gill filaments 7/8 of gill rakers. 
Scales 150 in median lateral or axial series, of which 27 
forward of vent; 10 above, !<; below, 36 predorsal. Scales caducous, 
mostly fallen, on head equally large as on body. Scales simple, cycloid, 
without striae; circuli fine, form angles at median horizontal axis 
basally. 
D* > 10 - 120, second simple ray long and filamentous, 
4 l/8 in total length of fish, also posteriorly fin rays much higher 
than other dorsal ra.ys; A# 112, greatly lower than second dorsal; small 
pseudocaudal, 1 4/5? in eye; pectoral rays X, 20 , length 3 l/4 in total 
length of fish, uppermost ray extended in long filament; ventral rays 
origin below pectoral origin or both before first dorsal origin, 
first ray ends in filament (broken) though fin at least 5 in total length 
of fish* 
back light brown, belly and under surfaces paler to whitish 
with silvery white sheen* Iris light gray* Inside mouth and gill opening 
blackisn. rirst aorsal dusky to blackish brown* Second dorsal grayish, 
gray blue posteriorly and broad margin blackish# Anal whitish anteriorly, 
dusky posteriorly# Paired fins dusky# 
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