1567, 
Depth 4 1/8 to 4 l/S; head 4 l/S to 4 3/4, width 4 1/2 to 5. 
Snout end to lower orbit 2 1/4 to 2 I /4 in head; lower orbit 8 3/4 to 
10, 4 1/4 to 4 1/3 in snout, upper orbit I /3 to 1/2 in advance; maxillary 
extends 1/3 to 2/5 behind lower orbit; mouth corner 1 to 1 I /2 eye diam¬ 
eters nearer gill opening than snout end; mouth cleft 4 l/2 in head, hook 
extended well back over symphysis of mandible; interorbital not defined, 
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as very narrow frenun, eyes nearly touching. Gill rakers as row of feeble 
minute papillae; gill filaments 1 1/2 times lower orbit. 
Scales 100 to 110 in median lateral line from above gill opening 
to caudal base (10 or 12 more forward on head to intersection above pre- 
opercle); 19 to 22 above to upper lateral line, 19 to 22 below to lower 
lateral line. Lateral lines 3 on left side, 3 less distinct on right side 
or absent in young. Scales with 14 to 22 basal radiating striae, edge 
scalloped; 14 to 20 slender rather long apical denticles, medially longest, 
3 to 5 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. Scales ctenoid 
on both sides of body, 
D. 100 to 117, fin height 2 I /3 to 2 2/3 in head; A. 85 to 98, 
fin height 2 I /8 to 2 3/5; caudal 2 I /4 to 2 l/S, ends in point behind; 
ventral 3 7/8 to 4. 
Left side ochraceous to cinnamon or tawny olive, exposed scale 
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edges often slightly darker. Orbits gray. Fins paler than body color, 
especially so over basal scaly arear where light in contrast; medially 
each ray dark brown; margins of fins more or less pale. Hight side whit¬ 
ish, fins with slightly darkened median area all around. 
