snout 5 1/8 to 5 2/5 in head from upper jaw tip; 4¢ in 
young; eye 4% te 5 1/8, 34 in young; maxillary 2 te 2 1/10; 
interorbital 7 1/6 to 84. 
Body elongately ellipsoid; least depth of caudal peduncle 
3 te 4 445 in tetal head length, 33 in young. Head width 
21/3 to 3. Sneut conic, length 3/5 to 2/3 its width. Eye 
center very slightly advanced before first third in head; 
front pupil edge at first third in young. Mouth large, lower 
jaw strongly projects. Maxillary extends little beyond hind 
eye edge; about opposite hind ete edge in young. Maxillary 
expansion 14 to 1 2/3 in eye; 11/3 in young. ‘teeth conic, 
inner elongated ones depressible; pair of canines in front 
of each jaw, upper wider, one er beth sometimes double; lewer 
teeth triserial in front, become biserial behind; almost entirely 
biserial in very young and some variants; bands of small teeth 
en vomer and palatines, none on tongue. Nostrils separated, 
first abeut last third in snout; hind nostril midway between 
front one and eye. iateeernitel slightly convex, with slight 
depression in front. “ind preopercle ed ge finely denticulate, 
2 er 3 enlarged denticles at angle, none below; serrae fewer 
and coarser in young, and usually but i or & large spines at 
angle; median @percular spine most backward, median in posi- 
tign, and lower behind upper. Rakers iv, 1 to 318 te ll, 
iv te viii, lanceolate, 2% in eye; filaments ~ of rakers, 
