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Depth 6 2/3 to 8 1/8; head 4 to 4 1/4, width 1 7/8 to 
2. Snout 4 to 5 in head; eye 5 3/4 to 6 1/2, 1 3/5 in snout, 
1 4/5 in interorbital; premaxillary extends 1 to 2 eye dia¬ 
meters behind eye, length 1 2/5 to 1 3/4 in head; interor¬ 
bital 4 1/4 to 5, concave. G-ill rakers small low clusters 
of spinules, greatly shorter than gill filaments, which 1 1/3 
in eye. 
Scales 57 to 66 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 
to 5 more on latter; 3 or 4 above, 5 or 6 below, 19 to 21 
predorsal, 4 or 5 rows on postocular to hind preopercle ridge. 
Ventral axillary scale 3 to 3 3/5 in fin. Scales with 3 
basal radiating striae, edge scalloped; clrculi very fine, 
not extended apically. 
D. II, 10, I, first branched ray 1 3/5 to 1 4/5 in head; 
adipose fin 4 3/4 to 6 2/3; A. II, 8, I to II, 10, I, third 
ray 2 3/5 to 3 2/5; caudal 1 2/5 to 1 3/5, forked; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 4 1/5 to 5; pectoral 2 1/5 to 22/7; 
ventral 1 to 1 1/10. 
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