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Depth 3 2/3 to 4 1/3; head 3 to 3 1/8, width 2 to 2 1/4. 
Snout 4 2/3 to 7 in head from snout tip; eye 2 3/5 to 3 1/8, 
greater than snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches well be¬ 
yond eye though not quite to slightly inclined hind preopercle 
edge, expansion 2 7/8 to 3 in eye, length 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in 
head from snout tip; interorbital 3 2/3 to 4, low, level. 
Gill rakers 7 or 8 f 17 or 18, lanceolate, slender, 1 2/5 to 
2 in eye, subequal with gill filaments. 
Scales 28 to 32 in lateral,line, not enlarged; 3 above, 
3 or 4 below, 11 to 15? predorsal. Pointed axillary pectoral 
scale 1/3 fin length. Long pointed scale in ventral axil 
4/5 of fin. Scales with 7 or 8 basal radiating striae; cir- 
culi fine, obsolete apically. 
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