1192 . 
Eyes on left side, close together. Mouth wide or smell. 
Maxillary more than 1/3 of head. Teeth small, conic, unequal, uni¬ 
serial or biserial in jaws, sometimes irregular canine like ones. 
Palate toothless. Gill membranes broadly joined below throat. Gill 
rakers short or long, lanceolate. Scales moderater or small, decid¬ 
uous, usually ctenoid on colored side, cycloid on blind side. 
Lateral line well arched over pectoral. Dorsal begins on snout, 
front rays sometimes prolonged in males. Pectorals sometimes with 
filamentous rays in males. Right ventral lateral, with short base, 
begins behind origin of left ventral. Left ventral median, with long 
base forming prolongation of anal, but not united with same* 
