e 
length 3/4 to 4/5 its width, Eye elevated, hind edge about 
midway in head length, Mouth moderate, jaws about equal, 
Maxillary to eye or pupil; expansion 1 4/5 to 2 in eye, 
Teeth uniserial, uniform even incisors, ends scarcely notch- 
ed, Lips rather thin. Nostrils about last 2/5 in snout, 
Interorbital convex, Hind preopercle and preorbital edges 
denticulated; hind opercle edge with 1 or 2 short spines, 
Rakers 11416, lanceolate, 14 in filaments, which 1 1/3 
in eye,scales in longitudinal rows, upper parallel with lateral 
line, all converge behind: small scales over bases of fins; 
muzzle before nostril; 3 rows of scales on preorbital below 
eye and 3 more rows on cheek below preorbitel; basal rediating 
striae 4 to 63; apical denticles 88 to 903; circull fine; lat- 
eral line little more arched than dorsal profile, simple tubes 
rather large and 5 scales behind last to caudal peduncle, 
Fourth dorsal spine 2 2/5 to 2$ in head; twelfth spine 1 3/5 
to 1 7/8; sixth dorsal ray 11/6 to 11/2; second anal spine 
14/5 to 23; sixth anal ray 11/5 to 1 1/3; caudal emarginate, 
upper lobe 1 to 11/3; pectoral 1 1/8 to 1 1/5; ventral reaches 
vent; which close before anal, 11/10 to 11/6, 
Color in alcohol dull sepia cenerally, lower sides and under 
surface slightly paler, Head specked or blotched irregularly 
with paler, spots small on top and larger on lower cheeks and 
