1828 
Depth 4 1/4 to 5; head 3 3/4 to 4 1/8; width 2 1/2 to 
3 1/5. Snout 4 1/5 to 5 1/4 in head; eye 3 1/4 to 3 3/4, 
greater than snout, subequal with interorbital; maxillary 
reaches well behond eye, not quite reaching slightly inclined 
hind preopercle edge, slender, length 1 1/4 to 1,3/5 in head; 
interorbital 2 3/4 to 3 1/2 in head, well convex. Gill raker 
3 to 6 to 10, slender, lanceolate, lto 1 1/4 in eye, 
subequal with gill filaments. 
Scales 37 to 40 in lateral line, enlarged, with distinct 
tubes; 2 or 3 above, 3 or 4 below, 17 or 18 oredorsal. 
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Anterior bases of dorsal and anal, also caudal base, scaly. 
Apparently no enlarged or pointed scale in ventral axil. 
Scales with 4 or 5 basal radiating striae; clrculi fine, ob¬ 
solete apically. 
