1593. 
Depth 3 4/5 to 4; heed 4 to 5, 'width 4 3/4 to 5. Snout end to 
lower orbit 4 3/4 to 5 l/S in head; lower orbit 6 I /4 to 6 4/5, 1 l/3 to 
1 2/5 in snout; upper orbit 1/4 to l/u in advance of lo-wer; maxillary 
reaches l/2 in lo-wor eye, length from lower front snout tip 4 I/4 to 4 
1/2 in head; scaly interorbital very narrow, depressed between orbits* 
No gill rakers., gill filaments 1 to 1 l/S in lower orbit. 
Scales 80 to 35 in axial lateral series fron above hind edge of 
gill opening to caudal base and 4 or 5 more on latter; 28 to 30 trans¬ 
versely. Scales all ctenoid, very caducous. Scales with 6 to 9 basal 
radiating striae; 12 to 14 slender apical denticles, with 2 to 4 transverse 
series of basal elements; circuli fine. 
D. 95 to 102, fin height 2 to 2 l/5 in head; A. 80 to 89, fin 
height 2; caudal 1 4/5 to 2 l/2, obtusely pointed behind; ventral 2 l/4 
to 2 3/6. 
Left side clay color to ochraceous or buff. Dark pigment of 
lower or branchial region of head and front lower part of trunk dark 
neutral gray. Orbits gray. Vertical fins all gray to brown, often in 
contrast to rest of body. Right side paler to whitish, vertical fins 
all with more or less brownish. Also lower branchial region and lower 
front of trunk dark neutral gray. 
