1838 
Depth 4 2/5 to 5; head 3 2/5 to 3 7/8, width 2 1/3 
to 2 1/2, knout 4 1/2 in head; eye 3 1/2 to 3 2/3, subequal 
with prominent snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches well 
beyond eye though not quite to inclined hind preopercle edge, 
wlender, length 1 2/5 to 1 3/4; interorbital 3 2/5 to 3 1/2, 
convex. Gill rakers 3 f- 5, clusters of small prickles; gill 
filaments short. 
Scales 35 to 39 in median lateral series, without tubes; 
6 to 8 series transversely. Bases of dorsal and anal anter¬ 
iorly, also caudal base, scaly. Scales mostly entire, cycloid. 
