Amphistichus areenteus® Apassis; 
Head 3 1/6; depth 2 1/3; D. X, 243 A. III, 27; seales 57 
in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 9 scates 
above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 8 to soft dorsal 
origin, 19 belov to spinous anal origin; 22 predorsal scales 
to occiput; snout 4 1/8 in head; eye 3 4/5; maxillary 2 3/4; 
interorbital 4, 
Body ovoid, compressed, back elevated; least depth of 
caucal peduncle equals its length or 2+ in head, Head width 
17/8 its length. Snout length about 2/3 its width. Eye 
elevated, hind edge midway in head; little lonrer than snout; 
Mouth modsrate, lower jaw included, Maxillary to eye at least; 
expansion 2 in eye. Lower lip with broed frenum. Teethesimple, 
conic,biserial above and below forward, those in outer row 
little longer. Nostrils together, close, before eye, hind one 
iarger, Interorbital broadly convex. Preopercle entire, 
Rakers 6711, iii, lanceolate, about 3/4 of filaments, which 
1g in eye, Scales adherent, in rows above lateral line paral- 
lel, below in horizontal rows; bases of spinous dorsal and 
anal, front of soft anal and caudal base, with small scales; 
6 rows of cheek scales to preopercle angle; small scales along 
body edges; 9 or 10 basal marginal striae; circuli moderate, 
about 27; lateral line concurrent with dorsal profile, slopes 
uhtil median at caudal base; simple tubes small. Sixth dorsal, 
