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Head 24; depth 3; D. XI, I, 10; A. Itt, 5, B} tubes 25 in 
lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter; scales 44 in late 
eral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 8 scales above lat- 
eral line to soft dorsal origin, 19 below to spinous anal origin; 
snout 3 7/8 in head, measured from upper jaw tip; eye 4 #; maxil- 
lary 2 1/8; interorbiteal 5 4/5, Head width 1 7/8 its length, 
Snout convex, long as wide, Lower jaw protruded. Maxillary to 
hind eye edge. Interorbital deeply concave. Head well armed and 
ridges priminent, No supraorbital tentacle, Rakers 7-410, low 
compressed tubercles, 2 in filaments, which 1 7/8 in eye, Scales 
