1508 
Depth 6 1/2 to 7 3/4; head 3 3/5 to 4, width 2 1/5 to 
2 1/3. Snout 3 7/8 to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 3 3/4 
to 4 1/10, greater than snout or interorbital; premaxillary 
extends 4/5 to 1 eye diameter behind eye, length 1 1/2 in 
head from snout tip; interorbital 4 1/10 to 4 1/3, bony in¬ 
terorbital 1 2/3 in eye. Gill rakers as minute spinules, 
in 6 groups on lower branch of first arch; gill filaments 1 
1/3 in eye. 
Scales 48 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 
more on latter; 4 above, 5 below, 15 to 17 predorsal, 4 rows 
on cheek to hind preopercle ridge. Pectoral axillary scale 
2 1/4 in fin, ventral axillary scale 2 3/5 in fin. Scale 
with single basal radiating stria, notched at scale edge; 
circuit few, not extended apically. 
D. II, 6, I to II, 9, I, first branched ray 1 1/5 in 
total head length; adipose fin 3 1/2 to 6; A. I, 9, I or I, 
10, I, longest anterior ray 2 1/3 to 2 2/3; caudal 1 1/4? to 
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1 2/5, well forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 4 
1/5; pectoral 1 3/5 to 13/4; ventral 1 1/4 to 1 2/5. 
