A, 
Seserinus paru (Linnaeus). 
Head 3 to 2%; depth 1 1/6 to 14; D. III, iv or v, 
39 to 41; A. III of IV, iii or iv, 57 to 39; tubes about 
85 to 88 in lateral line; snout 3 2/5 to 4q in head from 
upper jaw tip; eye 3 1/8 to 4 1/5; maxillary 3 to 3 4/5; 
interorbital 2 1/5 to 2 3/4, ) 
Body greatly compressed, lower half deeper than upper 
half, which nearly evenly convex in front profile; caudal 
peduncle compressed. “ead width 1 3/4 to 2 in its total 
length, Snout short, convex, snub-nosed, length about 
half its width. Hind eye edge midway in snout length; 
adipose~eyelid narrowly marginal, ebsent in young, Mouth 
broad, small, closed lower jaw included, Maxillary small, 
inclined, not reaching eye, longer in young, Teeth uni- 
serial in jaws, small, compressed, very close«set, slender, 
ends tricuspid in adult, simple in young, Nostrils very 
small, together, close before and above eye, Interorbi- 
tal greatly elevated convexly. Rakers 5+12 to 15, about 
two in filaments and latter 11/4 in eye. Scales mostly 
minute, larger on hind median portion of trunk, cover 
greater portions of vertical fins; basal striae 5 to 12; 
circuli about 40; young with nonestriate scales and circuli 
about 30 to 35; lateral line continuous, arched mostly con» 
currently with dorsal profile and extends down to middle of 
caudal base, 
