Depth 3 1/4 to 3 3/4; head 3 2/5 to 3 1/2, width 1 1/3 to 1 
a/a • 
Snout 2 1/6 to 3 in head; eye 4 1/5 to 4 2/3, elevated, hind pupil edge 
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midway in head length, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches eye, 
length 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 in head; mouth inferior, broad, lower jaw included; 
lips broad, thick, fleshy, edge of each with short fringe; teeth fine, 
simple, conic, in bands in jaws; tongue broad, depressed, smooth, edge free 
and rounded in front; interorbital 2 1/2 to 2 3/4, narrow, level, constricted; 
preopercle entire* Gill rakers 1-J—3, lanceolate, 2 1/2 in gill filaments, 
which 1 1/2 in eye. 
Scales 27 or 28 -f- 3 or 4 in median lateral series; 9 or 10 transvers. 
ly; 9 to 11 predorsal scales forward to middle of preoroital; 5 rows on 
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cheek below eye, of which upper 2 rows separated from others. Muzzle naked. 
Scales narrowly imbricated, little smaller on breast, chest and sides of 
head. Scales with 13 or 14 basal radiating striae, auxiliaries 4 or 5; apical 
denticles 62—75; circuli very fine. 
D. VI_i, 10, 1, spines flexible terminally, second to fifth ends 
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in filaments, fourth spine 1 in head, tenth ray 1 1/10; A. I, 9, i» ninth ray 
1 1/6; caudal long, median rays produced to point, 2 1/6 in rest of fish; 
least depth of caudal peduncle^ 2/3 to 1 4/5; pectoral 3 1/4 in fish without 
caudal; ventral 1 to 1 1/6 in head 
