1785 
Depth 4 to 4 1/2; head 2 2/3 to 3 1/5, width 2 1/5 to 
2 3/5. Snout 6 to 6 1/4 in head from snout tip; eye 3 1/8 
to 3 1/4, greater than snout or interorbital; maxillary 
reaches little beyond eye but not quite to slightly inclined 
preopercle edge, expansion 2 1/4 to 3 in eye, length 1 2/3 to 
1 7/8 in head from snout tip; interorbital 4, slightly con¬ 
vex. Grill rakers 7 f 18, lanceolate, 1 2/5 in eye, subequal 
with gill rakers. 
Scales 29 or 30 in lateral line; 3 above, 3 below, 18or 
19? predorsal. Scales very caducous, mostly fallen. 
