soft dorsal origin, 11 below to spinous anal origin; 20 to 30 
predorsal scales; snout 3 1/8 to 4 in head from upper jaw tip; 
eye 2 to 2 7/8; maxillary 2 1/6 to 3 1/5; interorhital 2 1/4 
to. 2 87S, 
Body deeply ovoid, compressed; caudal peduncle length 
3/4 its least depth or 1 4/5 to 2 in total head length, Head 
with 1 2/3 to 2 in its length. Snout convex, length 2/35 its 
width, Eye smell, little elevated, hind pupil edge about mid- 
way in head length. Mouth short, broad, lower jaw slightly 
protruding. Maxillary well inclined, not quité to eye, or 
slightly beyond front eve edge; expansion 2 1/2 in eye, 
Teeth conic, pointed, outer rows enlarged, and 2 inner rows of 
smaller ones in each jaw, Front nostril inconspicuous pore 
about first 2/5 in snout; hind one at last third in snout, 
larger. Interorbital convex. rreorbital, preopercle and 
opercle, also suprascapula, denticulate marginally, 
Rakers 77-15 or 16, lanceolate, little shorter than 
filaments and latter about 1 3/5 in eye. scales narrowly 
imbricated, in longitudinal rows, converge little at cau- 
dal peduncle; small scales crowded along fin bases and out 
on fins, especially soft rays; head, except lips, entirely 
scaly, and very small on upper surface inclusive of snout, 
except narrow front edge of latter; row of suborbital scales 
and 4 rows on cheek below to preoperele edge; basal radiating 
