1504 
Scales 49 to 55 In lateral line to caudal base and 3 
more on latter; 5 above, 5 or 6 below, 16 to 20 predorsal 
to occiput, 4 rows on postocular. Pectoral and ventral 
axillary scaly flaps each half of fin. Scales with 3 basal 
radiating striae, edge scalloped or notched; circuit very 
fine, not extended apicaliy where entire and exposed edge 
fringed. 
D. I or II, 9, I or I or II, 10, I, second simple ray 
1 1/5 to 1 2/5 in head; adipose fin 4 1/6 to 6 1/3; A. II, 
8, I or II, 9, I, second simple ray 2 1/3 to 2 3/5; caudal 
1 1/5 to 1 1/4, deeply forked and slender lobes pointed; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 3 3/5 to 3 3/4; pectoral 1 2/5 to 
1 2/3; ventral 1 1/3 to 1 1/2. 
Back pale olivaceous brown, below still paler to whitish. 
Iris pale straw brown. Dorsal, caudal and pectoral brownish, 
ventral and anal more whitish a.nd adipose fin paler brown 
than back. 
