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Depth 5 3/4; head 3 3/4. Snout 10 2.3 In head from snout 
tip; eye 9 1/5, slightly greater than snout, equals interorbit- 
al; premaxillary extends 3 eye diameters behind eye, length 
1 4/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital flat. 
Scales 44 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more out 
over middle of caudal; 5 above, 5 below. Scales deciduous, 
less so on hind half of tail. 
D. II, 11, first branched ray 1 3/4 in total head; adi¬ 
pose fin 3 2/5; A. II, 13, first branched ray 1 1/3; caudal 
1 1/6, deeply forked, median lobe not extended; least depth 
of caudal peuncle 4; pectoral 1 3/4; ventral 1 1/8. 
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Hyaline gray. Inside mouth and gill opening slightly 
pigmented. Peritoneum black. Paired fins and caudal black. 
Male 190 to 217 mm., female 230 to 267 mm. (Alcock.) 
Bay of Bengal 
