10 from Chile (240.1-315.0 mm SL), FAKU CP 178-182, 274, 481-583, 851.
Description:
D 32-35; A 25-28; P1 19-22; P2 5; GR 4-6+1+12-13=18-20; BR 7; LLS 65-70; V 14-17+24-27=40-43.
HL 28.4-30.1% of SL; BD 41.2-46.0; SN 8.3-8.8; IO 9.3-10.5; UJ 14.6-15.6; CP 6.3-6.9; P1L 36.2-41.2; P2L 10.2-11.4; DL 19.7-22.3; AH 11.6-12.8.
Body deep, extremely compressed. Snout blunt, short. Two nostrils, anterior nostril round and slightly closer to tip of snout than to anterior edge of orbit; posterior nostril slit-like and situated midway between anterior nostril and anterior edge of orbit. Eye elliptical, horizontal axis slightly shorter than vertical. Free edge of preopercle and opercle evenly round and without spines. Branchiostegal membrane completely covered with opercular flap when mouth closed. Gill-rakers of usual lath-like shape on first arch, bearing fine spines along inner edge. Mouth oblique, moderate in size, posterior end of upper jaw extending below center of eye. Small sharp conical teeth in bands, those of outer rows larger on upper jaw. Teeth on lower jaw in an irregular row. Upper jaw with one or two enlarged canines inside on anterior tip. Head large, about 3.5 times in SL. Dorsal fin with prominent anterior lobe. Anal fin without prominent lobe. Pectoral fin long, about 2.5 times in head. Pelvic fin short, less than one-third of pectoral fin. Snout, lower jaw, premaxilla, posterior part of preopercle, distal tips of dorsal, anal and caudal fin rays, and most part of paired fins naked. Body and head covered with irregular shaped cycloid scales. Lateral line present, but indistinct.
Distribution:
Worldwide, circumtropical.
Remarks:
Number of gill-rakers: 3-5+1+8-11=13-15; Scales in horizontal series between upper end of gill-cleft and base of central caudal fin rays: 57-65; LLS: 65 for this species by Mead (1972).