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Depth 2 3/5 to 2 3/4; head 5 to 5 l/5, width 3 2/5 to 3 1/2. 
Snout tip to lower orbit 6 l/5 to 6 l/2 in head from snout tip; lower 
orbit 3 1/5 to 3 2/3, greetly exceeds snout, l/5 to I /4 in advance of 
upper orbit; maxillarj’- reaches l/5 to I /4 in lower orbit, length 4 l/s 
to 4 1/2 m head from snout tip; interorbital with very narrow groove, 
width 5 in lower orbit. Gill rakers 2+6, lanceolate, I /4 of gill 
filaments, which 1 3/4 in lower orbit. 
Scales 83 to 87 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 or 6 more 
on latter; 19 or 20 above, 18 or 19 below. Snout and muzzle naked. 
Vertical fins covered more or less over basal portions with minute scales. 
Scales with 10 or 11 complete circuli, all cycloid. Lateral line on left 
side only, arch 8 to 8 l/5 in straight section to caudal base. 
D. 100 to 10<., fin height 1 l/S to 1 2/5 in total head length; 
A. 80 to 83, fin height 1 I /4 to 1 2/5;, caudal 1 I/ 8 , ends in median point 
behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 3/4 to 3; pectoral 1 3/4 to 1 4/5; 
ventral 1 l/3 to 1 2 / 5 . 
Left side buff, becoming nearly cream buff marginally or about 
interradial regions. Orbits grayish. Vertical fins all more or less 
brownish. 
side whitish, vertical fins darker. 
Persian Gulf, east coast of India, Burma 
D.5442, San Fernando Point Light, N.39*E., 8.4 miles (lat. 
16*30'36"N., long. 120“11‘06’*E.), west coast of Luzon. In 45 fathoms. 
May 11, 1909. Length 68 to 77 mm. 4 examples. 
