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, fig. 645–646 (compiled).—
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(compiled).—
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9, rarely 10; inner GR-I 9–11 total; scale rows below midbase 1D 5–7.5, below 2D 7–8.5; pyl. caeca 24–31. Snout length 23–31% HL; interorbital 18–25%; orbit 28–33%; suborbital 14–17%; upper jaw 31–34%; barbel 15–23%. Body relatively slender, compressed; head in TL about 6–7 times; snout conical, protruding well beyond mouth, with stout tubercles at tip and lateral angles; suborbital ridge sharp and beset with stout modified scales; underside of head mostly scaled except for broad naked median swath on underside of snout; body scales densely covered with recumbent narrowly triangular to lanceolate spinules. Long spinous ray of 1D about 70–100% HL, serrations strong, sharp, widely spaced. Anterior dermal window of light organ small, situated between inner V-fin bases; anus about midway between
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specimen listed in the table in Gilbert and Hubbs (1916:202) as
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22941]; we have determined that it represents
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and with which it has been mistaken in the past. However, the underside of head of
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is almost wholly naked, compared with only the median portion of snout in front of the mouth naked in
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, the scale spinules needle-like and not flattened (viz., not lanceolate or spear-shaped), and the outer premaxillary dentition is larger than in
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