head from upper jaw tip; eye © 2/3 to 4; maxillary 35 1/5 to 
3 1/3; interorbital 4 3/4 to 5 2/5; head width @ to & 2/5 in its 
total length. Snout broad as long, conic, Eye close to upper 
profile, 1 to l 1/8 in snout. Maxillary not to pupil, or very 
slightly beyond front rim; expansion narrow, or about © 1/2 
to 3 3/4 in eye. Jaws nearly even, lower slightly protruding or 
little shorter than upper. Bands of conic teeth in upper jaw, 
outer row little enlarged, especially anterior; lower teeth unie- 
serial laterally and fewer forward than above; no teeth on mouth 
roof. Interorbital little convex. Preopercle edge with few 
numerous serrae behind. Rakers 5T9, conic, robust, short, < 3/4 
in filaments, which 1 1/3 in eye. Scales with 6 to 8 strong radiating 
striae, edges strongly scalloped; apical denticles 17 to 25; circull 
coarse above and below, fine basally; 20 scales from lower hind 
eye edge to preopercle angle. Color in alcohol dull uniform brown- 
ish on back andupper surface, paler below, Fins all brown, First 
membrane of spinous dorsal blackish. Length 115 to 168 mm, 
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from Valpataiso and 2 from Peru, Jur Ar ww -r- FG 
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