tubes in lateral line 48 to caudal base; 8 scales above latere 
al line to spinous dorsal origin, 8 to soft dorsal origin, 
9 below to anal origin; 53 predorsal scales; snout 4 1/8 in head 
from upper jaw tip; eye 5; maxillary 2¢; interorbital 4 3/5, 
Body elongately fusiform, well compressed; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 17 its length or 3 4/5 in total head length. 
Snout conic, long as wide; Eye center at first third in head 
without mandible. Mouth large, lower jaw well protruded, 
Maxillary to hind pupil edge; expansion 14 in eye. Upper teeth 
biserialouter row larger, 5 forward canines, of which 2 slender, 
leng and simple; lower teeth uniserial laterally, little smaller 
and as narrow band in front; no others. Hind nostril 3 times 
front one, which about last fourth in snout. Interorbitally 
broadly convex, and slight superciliary ridge each side, Preo- 
percle edge membraneous, fringed, also suprascapular. 
Rakers 9416, lanceolate, about fwice filaments or 1 2/5 
in eye. Scales weakly ciliate, in longitudinal rows, all in- 
clined slightly forward before anal, tnen horizontal; soft dor- 
sal, anal and caudal largely covered with small scales; breast 
and chest with small scales; radiating basal striae 11 to 13; 
apical centicles 34 to 42; circuli 90 to 135; 12 rows of cheek 
scales to preopercle ridge, fifth to seventh rows small; 
lateral line slopes down until midway in depth over anal; 
tubes with median longitudinal groove and 2 or 3 short branches 
above and as many below. Pectoral 2 1/5 in head; ventral 1 9/10?; 
ether fins damaged, 
