1740 
Depth 2 4/5 to 3; head 2 3/5 to 2 2/3, width 2. Snout 6 
to 6 1/4 in head from snout tip; eye 2 to 2 1/4, much greater 
than snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind 
eye edge though not quite to hind or vertical preopercle edge, 
expansion 2 3/5 to 3 in eye, length 1 3/5 to 1 2/3 in head 
front! snout tip; interorbital 3 1/2 to 4 1/2, nearly level. Gill 
rakers 9 23, lanceolate, slender, 1 1/3 in eye, 3 times gill 
filaments. 
Scales 28 or 29 in lateral, greatly enlarged or equal 
about l/o body depth; 3 above, 3 below, 12 or 13 predorsal to 
occiput. Caudal and ventrals at least scaly ventrally. Scales 
with 7 or 8 basal radiating striae; circuli fine, obsoletely 
apically. 
