Eye center about first 2/5 in heed, 1g to 2 in snout in 
profile. Maxillary half way to eye. Jaws with broad bands 
of fine teeth. Narrow medtan cutaneous fold on vomer. Each 
palatine with much wider band of rather blunt teeth, widely 
separated or lateral in mouth. Maxillary barbell reaches pect- 
oral origin, outer mental eye-diameter behind eye and inner 
mental not nearly to gill-opening or opposite hind pupil edge. 
Nostrils large, together, hind one midway in snout length. 
Interorbital elevated convexly, broadly depressed.medially. 
Cranium rugose. Fontanel begins close behind eye, narrow 
and extends to occipital buckler. Gill-rakers 6 - 10, lance- 
olate, about 2/5 of filements, which are 1 2/3 in eye. Front 
portion of lateral line and upper humeral region with many 
pores and dermal striae. Fin-spines antrorsely serrate on 
both edges; dorsal spine 1¢ to 13 in head; pectoral 1 1/3 
to 1 3/5. Ventral and latter inserted midway between hind 
pupil edge and caudal base, fin (damaged) 7/8 to anal. 
Color in alcohol: warm brownish above. ~ides and below 
whitish with silvery tinge. Fins all brownish, Also barbels 
end iris. Length 250 mm. (caudal tips damaged). Manila. 
