1465 
Synpclus varlus (not LACEPEbE) GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes 
Brit. Mus., vol. 5, 1864, p. 595 (part). 
Svnodus intermedlus (not AGASSIZ) MEEK, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1884, p. 132 (part). 
Depth 4 2/5 to 5 3/5; head 3 1/2 to 3 4/5. Snout 4 to 
4 1/3 in head; eye 5 4/5 to 6 3/5, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in snout; 
premaxillary extends about 1 1/2 to 1 2/3 eye diameters 
behind eye, length 1 2/5 to 1 1/2 in head; interorbital 7 1/2 
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to 8 1/2. Gill rakers reduced to rows of minute teeth. 
Scales 60 to 62 in lateral line; 5 above. 
D. 14 or 15, fin height 1 4/5 in head; adipose fin 6 to 7; 
A. 9 or 10, fin height 2 1/5 to 2 1/2; caudal 1 2/3 to 1 3/4, 
forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 4 1/3; pectoral 
2; ventral 1 1/8 to 1 1/5. 
Body and fins speckled dark gray or silvery gray back¬ 
ground. Black spot on shoulder and snout tip. Several indis¬ 
tinct and irregular cross bars on body. Length 274 mm. 
(Clark.) 
