1846 
Depth 4 1/5 to 4 5/5; head 3 1/4 to 3 2/3, width 21/4 to 
S. Snout 4 to 4 1/4 in head; eye 5 3/4 to 4, greater to sub¬ 
equal with snout, greater than interorbital in young to sub¬ 
equal with age; maxillary not quite reaching well inclined 
hind preopercle edge, slender, length from snout tip 1 1/3 
to 1 2/5 in head; interorbital 3 1/8 to 3 1/5, well convex. 
Gill rakers 3-4, short finely roughened spiny tubercles, 
greatly shorter than gill filaments, which 1 1/2 in eye. 
Scales 33 to 37 in lateral line to caudal base, greatly 
enlarged and narrowly imbricated; 3 above, 3 below, 13 to 15 
predorsal. Front of dorsal and anal bases, also caudal base, 
scaly. Scales with 3 basal radiating striae; circuli coarse 
basally, obsolete apically. 
