Body strongly compressed; caudel peduncle length 1 2/5 
to 1 2/3 its least depth, letter 3 2/3 to 3 3/4 in total head 
length, Head width 3 1/4 to 3 2/5 its length, Snout produced, 
wiueu at eyes 3 5/5 to 3 2/3 its length. Interorbital convex, 
Rakers 8 16, small, lenceolate, 3 in filaments, which about 
equal eye, ocales rether uniformly large, smaller in front 
predorsal, breast and caudal basally, also lanceolate and smell 
ones crowded moderately along bases: of dorsals and anals; basal 
radiating striae 35 to 50, apical 28 to 36 and most @ ntinuous 
with basal strise by median crowded reticulations; tubes in 
lateral line slender, Simple or with 1 to 5 well-developed 
branches, First dorsal spine 9 2/3 to 11 1/4 in head; last 
spine 7 2/5 to 8 1/2; first dorsal ray 4 4/5 to 5 1/4; third 
anal spine 6 4/5 to 7; first anal ray 4 2/5 to 53 caudal 1 9/10 
to 21/8, emarginate behind, ends above and below pointed; pec- 
toral 2 1/8 to 2 1/6; ventral 3 to 3 1/8, 
Célor in alcohol ijargely uniform brownish, fins little paler. 
Pectoral withnhind edge pale, then broad dark submerginal area 
obliquely, ength.233 to 239 mm, Two from Tahiti, 
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