1851 
Depth 3 1/2 to 3 2/3; head 3 l/8 to 3 1/4, width 2 1/5 
to 2 1/2. Snout 5 1/4 to 6 1/2 in head from snout tip; 
eye 2 4/5 to 3, greater than snout or interorbital; maxill¬ 
ary extends but little behind eye though not quite to verti¬ 
cal hind preopercle edge, slender, length 1 1/2 to 1 3/5 in 
head from snout tip; interorbital 3 2/5 to 5 1/2, slightly 
convex. Gill rakers 4 — 14 or 15, lanceolate, subequal with 
gill filaments or about 1/2 of eye. 
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Scales 32 or 33 in lateral line, not enlarged, tubes 
distinct; 3 above, 4 below, 10 or 11 predorsal to occiput. 
Caudal scaly basally. Bases of dorsal and anal with scales 
anteriorly. Scales with 4 basal radiating striae; circuli • 
rather coarse, somewhat obsolete apically. 
