1869 
Depth 4 to 4 1/4; head 4 to 4 1/2, width 1 3/4 to 1 7/8* Snout 
6 to 6 1/2 in head from snout tip; eye 2 2/3 to 2 4/5, greater snout or 
slightly greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches slightly behind eye 
though not quite to hind vertical preopercle edge, expansion 3 to 3 1/2 in 
eye, length 1 1/2 to 1 4/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital 3 4/5 to 4, 
low* Gill rakers 8 4* 16 or 17, lanceolate, 1 3/4 in eye, or twice gill 
filaments. 
Scales 36 or 37 in lateral line, little smaller than adjacent scales; 
3 above, 3 below, 13 predorsal to occiput. Vertical fins and pectorals all 
more or less covered with small scales. Ventral with rounder or only very 
short axillary scale. Scales ctenoid, very firmly adherent. Scales with 5 
basal radiating striae; apical denticles 14 or 15 along free edge; circuli 
moderate, obsolete apically. 
