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Depth 0 V 5 to 6 ^/ 5 * head. 3 4 /,5 to 3 7 /g, width 2 V 5 to 2 ^/ 4 * Snout 
2 V 4 to 2 V 3 head; eye 5 V 2 to 6Vg> 2 2 /s in snout, 1 V 4 to 1 V 3 in inter¬ 
orbital: maxillary : %mphes l 7 /« to 2 in snout, length 4 V 3 to 4°A in head; 
Wife, ‘ 1 . 
teeth villiform, in broaaiijfcpds in jaws and on vomer; interorbital 4 /4 to 
#v.. 
■y:i m P 
4 7 /s } slightly elevated and 's ligh tlv convex; preopercle edge rough or weakly 
jagged. Gill rakers 
which lV 4 in eye* 
2-f»7, 
& 
1 
strong, lanceolate, 2 /g in gill filament; 
m 
Scales 83 to 88 co^pd along lateral line to caudal base and 10 
more on latter; tubular sc.« 
80 or 81 in lateral line to cgudal base and 
10 to 12 more on lattertfipbcales above lateral line, 12 or 13 below, 43 or 4 
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44 oredorsal forward'S^uast third of antero-nasal region of snout; 4 rows oil 
cheek below eye. 
es with 6 basal radiating striae; 42 to 47 apical den* 
n 
tides, with 4 ‘MlSd transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 
-I, 21, I to I, 23, I, second spine 1 /4 to 1 /g in head, 
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first ray 2 3 ^ S ;to 2*/$; A. Ill , 22, I to 111 , 25, I, first branched ray 
2 7 / 8 to 3 1 / jllcsudal l °/5 to 1 V 5 , obliquely truncate, though upper rays 
• '*||$|^ ' „ . g 
slightly longer|||||&$ist depth of caudal peduncle 4'/s to 5v8J pectoral 1 / 4 J 
ventral r/ 4 t 
sr surface paler. Each scale of 
Dull brown on back arid e 
back with vertical streak made up of darker 'bffltoi dots as seen under a lens* 
Iris slate gray, narrow golden circle around Upper lip largely brown 
like head above, front and lower edge pale ozfjpatish like lower lip. har- 
i»8fjy 
row gray slate ill-defined axial band frowyMpohlder girdle below lateral lin< 
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but embracing Lateral line on caudal pe4®®Sie to caudal base* Fins largely 
transparent, membranes of spinous do 
& 
sprinkled with blackish or dusky 
>->T. 
7. . . v' y 
brown over greater terminal portioj|fipf ; Each ray of soft dor 6 dark 
■ i&X&'-r"' ■ 
if 
& 
or bla 
ckish ill-defined spot£. Ca&lal and pectorabove, other 
... v''.i '-' i: 4 b,\V i.. 
V*. y/-y v' -y 'v : v 
fins whitish. 
