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Body deeply ovate, deepest at pectoral and ventral bases, 
strongly compressed; caudal peduncle ehigtts 12/3 °46.8 an 
its least depth, latter 2 1/3 to 2 3/5 in total head length, 
Head width 2 3/5 to 2 2/3 its length, Snout compressed, edge 
trenchant, width at eyes 2 to 21/5 its tength, Hind eye edge 
midway in head length, pupil center midway in smaller examples, 
Mexillery to eye, to hind nostril in smaller examples; expan- 
sion 1 3/4 to 21/6 in eye, largely slipping below preorbital, 
Lips with narrow area of papillae along inner edge, Often one 
or more canines absent, variable, Interorbital elevated convexly, 
slightly trenchant medianly. Rakers 8-12 short thick points, 
2 in filements which 1 1/4 in eye. Head largely naked, only 
1 to & postero-infraorbital scales and 1 or 2 scales st upper 
opercle edge; scales with 70 to 116 basal radiating striae, 
apical imperfect, non-marginal, about 80 to 90 and not contin- 
uous with few circuli; tubes in lateral line slender, simple, 
well over scale exposures, First dorsal spine slender, flex- 
ible terminally, 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in head; last spine 3 1/2 to 
3 4/5; first dorsal ray 2 1/8 to 21/2; third anal spine 3 2/3 
to 3 7/8; first anal ray 2 2/5 to 2 3/4; caudal 1 3/5 to 1 4/5; 
pectoral 1 3/5 to 1 2/33; ventral 1 3/5 to 1 4/5, 
Color in alcohol pale Oroweteh generally, edge of each 
scale on back and upper sides slightly darker. Lower body 
surfece paler to whitish,Alons sides 4 rather wide pale brown- 
ish vertical bands, Scales along leteral line, just above 
