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Description. In TL: preanal length 2.1 – 2.5, head length 8.1 – 10, body depth at anus 20 – 34. In head length: snout length 5.9 – 9.3, eye diameter 9.1 – 13, upper-jaw length 2.4 – 3.6. Pores: LL 1, SO 3, IO 4, POM 6. Vertebrae: predorsal 107 – 115, pre-anus 47 – 50, pre-anal fin 109 – 118, total 117 – 124. Body moderate; anus before midlength; gill opening at mid-side. Snout moderate, jaws about equal length. Eye moderate, over middle of upper jaw. Anterior nostril tubular; posterior nostril above anterior margin of eye. Teeth biserial, conical, smooth, those of intermaxillary and maxillary continuous, the outer series small and numerous, the inner series longer and fewer; the inner maxillary row extends almost to posterior end of jaw. Two median intermaxillary teeth. Dentary teeth biserial, those of inner row larger than those of outer; the inner row extending a half to two-thirds the length of outer row. Vomerine teeth uniserial. Color: medium brown, usually uniform, occasionally with irregular, indistinct pale markings. Head pores white. Conspicuous rows of small, white neuromasts on head and along lateral line. In life branchial cavity in a diffuse dark magenta blotch. Maximum size about 200 – 250 mm.