about 2/3 to 7/8 its width. Eye with hind edge slightly be- 
hind center in’ J net ind pupil edge midway in smal- 
ler example. Maxi ry B+ Lightly shorter in young, 
concealed. Jaw edges rather broad; fleshy wide, espec- 
fally upper. Teeth fine, uniserial, long, slender, ends cur- 
ved and tridentate, close-set in jaws; no teeth on mouth 
roof. Interorbital broadly convex. 
portion of lower edge and all of 
rakers 47 - 56, finely lenceolate, 
Scales firmly adherent; 12 to 14 
in younger; circuli very fine; 5 or 6 rows of scales 
cheek to preopercle angle; soft dorsal, caudal and 
fine close-set scal > basal portions of fins 
dorsal origin little nearer caudal bas than 
oine longest or 2 in head. Soft dorsel 
midway between first dorsal origin and caudal 
~ 
fin 1 2/3 to 1 to caudal base. Anal inserted well before 
Pt 
, 
soft dorsel, or slightly nearer caudal base than ventral 
e 3S 4 e A f Ao . - 
origin, about midway in young; fin 1,7 to 1 4/5 to caudal base 
Caudal deeply emarginate, Pectoral 1¢ to 11/35 in head 
ventral 1 2/3 to lz. 
Color in alcohol, brassy-brown generally, 
Fins brownish 
