Depth 4 3/4 to 4 4/5; head 3 1/3 to 3 2/5, width 2 1/3 to 2 2/5* 
Snout 7 to 8 3/4 in head from snout tip; eye 3 l/5 to 3 1/4, greater 
than snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches well beyond eye though 
not quite reaching well inclined hind preopercle edge, slender, length 
1 1/3 to 1 2/7 in head from snout tip; interorbital 3 l/4 to 3 1/2, 
nearly level. Gill rakers 7 f 14, lanceolate, 1 3/4 in eye, twice gill 
filaments. 
Scales 29 or 30 in lateral line to eaudal base and 2 or 3 more on 
latter, not enlarged, tubes simple, conspicuous; 4 above, ? below, 10 
predorsal (pockets). Scales thin, deciduous, cycloid. Axillary ventral 
scale 1/3 ventral fin. 
