Pempheridae, 
Pempheris compressus (White). 
dead 3 1/5; depth 2; D. VI, 10; A. III, 34; scales 60 in 
lateral line to caudal base and 11 above and 26 below; snout 
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4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 2t; maxillery 1 2/3; inter«# 
orbital 32, 
Body deeply ovoid. Head width half its length, Snout 
convex, length 2/5 its width, Eye very large, rounded, hind 
pupil edge about midway in head, Mouth very oblique, 
mandible slightly protruding. Maxillary to eye center; 
expansion 2$ in eye. Nostrils together, close before 
middle in front eye edge. iInterorbital convex. Preoper- 
cle edge with 2 blunt serrae above and & or 5 below, short 
spine at corner; interopercle radiately-striate; infra- 
opercile smoéthséntire;: Reakers llf24, lanceolete, nearly 
twice filaments .or 2 1/8 in eye. S@ales adherent, ctenoid; 
basal striae 10 to 16; apical serrae about 16 or 17; head 
scaled; cheek with 10 rows of scales; anal and caudal ba- 
sally covered with fine scales. Fins mostly demaged; pec- 
toral 1 1/3 in head; ventral 2, In alcohol largely dull 
brown, mostly uniform. Length 107 mm, (caudal damaged). 
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