Body depth between origins of dorsal and anal fins 2.6 in SL; body moderately compressed, the width 1.6 in
depth; head length 2.3 in SL; snout length 1.7 in HL; dorsal profile of snout slightly concave; eye diameter
(unpigmented skin over eye) 3.9 in HL; bony orbit diameter 3.0 in HL; interorbital space slightly concave, the least
bony interorbital width 3.7 in HL; gill-opening length 8.2 in HL; caudal-peduncle depth 2.3 in HL; caudal-
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peduncle length 2.7 in HL; predorsal length 1.3 in SL; dorsal-fin base 4.9 in HL; third dorsal ray usually longest,
but adjacent rays nearly as long, 2.3 in HL; origin of anal fin below rear base of dorsal fin, the preanal length 1.2 in
SL; anal-fin base 6.2 in HL; fourth anal ray longest, but adjacent rays nearly as long, 2.7 in HL; caudal fin truncate,
3.4 in SL; upper and lower portions of pectoral fins rounded, fin deeply incised in the middle; third pectoral ray
longest, 2.5 in HL.