‘i et ~ 
34 to 36 predorsal scales; snout 2 2/3 to 2 #/5,in head; eye 
31/5 to 3 2/33 maxillary 2% to 3; interorbital 3 to 3 1/8. 
Body elongately fusiform, compressed; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 1 2/5 its length or 2 3/5 to 3 in head, 
Head width 12 to 1 7/8 its length. Snout conic, long as 
wide, Eye rather ellipsoid, elevated, nearly midway in 
head length, Mouth oblique, moderate, jaws about even, 
Maxillary to hind nostril or eye; expansion 2% to 3g in eye. 
Bands of villiform teeth in jaws, with outer lower row of 
enlarged even conic ones; no others. Nostrils alike, small, 
together; hind one about last fifth in snout; Interorbital 
broadly convexii: Hind preorbital edge denticulate, with 
uppermost denticle enlarged or 3 to 3 1/3 in eye; hind pre- 
opercle edge denticulate, lower edge entire; opercle with 
small spine, 
Rakers iv or vt5 low or short flaps, much less than 
filements; latter 2 2/3 to 3 in eye. Scales ctenoid; basal 
striae 7 to 9; apical ‘denticles 92 to 98; circuli very fine; 
5 to 7 rows of scales on cheek to preopercle ridge; lateral 
line concurrent with dorsal profile, drops little above middle 
in least depth of caudal peduncle and tubes simple. Suprascap- 
vila and cluster of scales directly below, all with hind edges 
denticulate. Fourth dorsal spine 2 1/8 to 2 3/5 in head; first 
dorsal ray 2 to 2 1/5; second anal spine 3 1/3; second anal ray 
