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Depth 7 1/3 to 9 3/4; head 5 to 5 1/3, width 2 7/8 to 
3. Snout 5 1/5 to 6 in head from snout tip; eye 9 to 10 3/4, 
1 1/2 to 2 1/2 in snout, 2 2/3 to 3 1/3 in interorbital; pre¬ 
maxillary extends 4 2/5 to 5 eye diameters behind eye, length 
1 2/5 to 1 1/2 in head from snout tip;_interorbital 4 to 42/3, 
low, depressed or very slightly convex. Gill rakers 5 +■ 10 
short clusters of 4 to 6 very small spinules; gill filaments 
equal eye. 
Scales 58 to 60 in lateral line to ends of central cau- 
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dal rays. Scales small on posterior part of body, extend 
forward on belly to ventral but not to dorsal above lateral line. 
Scales with 17 to 25 circuit, complete. 
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D. II, 11, I or II, 12, I, first branched ray 1 2/5 to 
1 1/2 in total head length; adipose fin 2 1/4 to 2 1/2; A. I, 
14, I, first branched ray 1 4/5 to 2 1/5; caudal 1 1/5 to 1 1/4, 
emarginate, lobes rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 33/4 
to 5; pectoral 2 1/4 to 3 1/4; ventral 1 1/4 to 1 1/3. 
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Browh above, paler laterally. Under surface of head and 
body brownish white. Iris silvery gray. Sides of head pale. 
Dorsal and caudal dark brown like back. Pectoral pale dusky. 
Anal and ventral whitish. 
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