Body moderately ellipsoid, compressed; least depth of 
caudal peduncle long as deep or 2 1/8 to 2 1/6 in head. 
Head width 2 1/3 to 24 its length. Snout about long as 
wide. Eye center about first 2/5 in head, Mouth small, 
jews about even. Maxillary to eye; expansion about 2 S/S 
to 2 3/4 in eye. Teeth few, small, conic, simple, appar- 
ently uniserial (damaged) or only clearly biserial in front. 
Lios moderate, smooth, Nostrils together, front one at 
last third in snout. Interorbital broadly convex, Hind pre- 
opercle edge entire. Rakers 8+19, lanceolate; nearly long 
ey 
as filaments, which 2 1/8 in eye. Scales cycloid, rows above 
lateral line parallel, below lateral line horizontal; basal 
scaly sheath along dorsals and anals; caudal base finely scaled; 
small scales on breast; 6 rows of cheek scales; basal radiating 
striae 5 to 7; circuli 15 to 19; lateral line concurrent with 
dorsal profile, slopes uhtil median at caudal base; tubes sim- 
ple, each little exposed. Seventh dorsal spine 2g to < 3/5 
in head; twentieth dorsel ray 14; twenty-seventh anal ray 13; 
pectoral 1 1/5 to 1 1/3; ventral 1 7/8 to 24 
Color in eicohol brownish on back and top of head, Sides 
below and under surface paler or with whitish tint, 
yellowish, Ventral with terminal dusky dots. Length 77 to 80 
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