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Head 3 to 3 1/2;' depth 2 1/10 pe 214/43 DAT, 9 or 40; 
A. II, 9 or 10; scales 15 or 16 in upper earch of lateral line, 
and 9 or 10 pores in horizontal section to caudal base; 2 or 
2 stakes above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 1] or @ 
to soft dorsal origin, end 7 or 8 below to spinous anal origin; 
25 to 33 predorsal scales; snout 3 2/5 to 4 in heads eye & 2/5 
to 3 1/2; maxillary 2 1/4 to 2 2/5; interorbital 2 2/5 to 2 3/4. 
Body ovoid, compressed; caudal peduncle long as deep, least 
depth 2 to 2 1/4 in total head length, Head width 1 3/4 to 2 
in its length. Snout convex, length 3/4 to 4/5 its width, Hye 
scarcely elevated, hind pupil edge about midway in head length, 
Mouth rather large, oblique, jaws even or lower slightly pretrud- 
ing, Maxillary little beyond eye front or to pupil; expansion 
2 ineye,. Lips rather narrow, Teeth small, simple, well-spaced, 
conic, short end mostly uniserial in jaws; upper jaw in front 
with inner row of smaller inconspicuous similar teeth; outer 
upper teeth with 2 short canines in front; lower jaw with patch 
of very small teeth in front; also front edge of lower jaw with 
6 short conic teeth externally and all directed outwards; max- 
4llary teeth extend to rictus, where mostly concealed, Nostrils 
© small pores, close together, a t last third in snout. Inter- 
orbital convex. Suborbital edge not free below and behind eye; 
preopercle and suprascapuler edges entire, 
