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Depth 8 2/5 to 9 1/3; head 3 9/10 to 4 1/8, width 2 1/8 
to 2 2/5. Snout 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 in head; eye 4 1/2 to 6 3/4, 
1 1/4 to 2 1/5 in snout, 1 1/2 to 2 in interorbltal; pre- 
maxillaries extend 3/4 to 1 1/4 eye diameters behind eye, 
length 1 2/3 to 1 4/5 in head; interorbital 4 to 4 2/5, 
broadly concave. Gill rakers numerous, minute, sharp, slend¬ 
er denticles, greatly less than gill filaments, which 1 1/2 
in eye. 
Scales 64 to 66 in lateral line to caudal base and 
5 or 6 more on latter; 8 above, 9 or 10 below, 35 to 38 pre¬ 
dorsal, 8 rows on postocular to hind preoperele ridge. Ven¬ 
tral axillary scale 3 in fin. Scales with 3 or 4 basal radia: 
ting striae, edge scalloped; circuli very fine, not extended 
apically. 
D. II, 10, I, first branched ray 1 2/3 to 2 in total 
head length; adipose fin 6 2/3 to 7 1/4; A. II, 11, I or II, 
12, I, first branched ray 3 1/8 to 3 1/5; caudal 1 1/2 to 1 
3/5, forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 3/4 to 5 1/2; 
pectoral 1 2/3 to 1 3/4; ventral 1 2/5 to 1 1/2. 
