puicherpimetGunther) ; f 
mead 6 176 to 5 1/S:: depth S'1/5 to 3 1/2; Dstk, 12, 
Juais 
is A. Til, 18, 23 ecales 67, in lateral line to caudal base 
end 4 more on latter; 10 scales above lateral line to spinous 
dorsal origin, 6 above to soft dorsal origin, 28 below to 
spinous anal origin; 22 predorsal scales; snout 3 to 3 1/4 in 
head; eye 6 1/8 to 6 2/5; maxillary 3 1/3 to 3 4/5; inter- 
bital « to 4 1/5. 
Body strongly compressed; caudal peduncle length 1 3/4 
to 1 7/8 its least depth, which 1 4/5 to 2 in head, Head 
width 2 1/4 to 2 2/5 its length. Snout conic, long as wide, 
Maxillary to eye, to hind nostril in smaller examples; largely 
concealed behind, Interorbiteal convex. Preopercle edge rather 
firm, membreneous. Rakers 7 12, short, lanceolate, rather 
flexible, 2 in filaments, which 1 4/5 in eye. Scales on pre- 
dorsal and breast forward smaller, also on belly below and 
on caudal base; basal radiating striae 17 to 22; about 16 
imperfect apical striae, more or less confluent with very 
fine circuli; lateral line complete, slopes abruptly after 
eighth dorsal ray until midwey in body depth, then horizontal 
to caudal base medially; tubes in lateral line moderate, simple, 
each expanded at pore. First dorsal spine 11/6 to 1 2/5 in 
head, last 3 1/8 to 2 1/4; first dorsal ray 2 1/8 to 2 1/3; 
third anel spine 3 2/5 to 3 4/5; first anal ray 2 2/5 to 2 3/5; 
caudal rounded behind, 1 1/3; pectoral 1 2/5; ventral 1 1/8 
to 1° 275; 
