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Four long creases run out of corner of mouth
ready to insertion of pectoral - two other shorter
ones seem parallel about these, but they do not
come from mouth or neck fin.
Dorsal Fin is low & triangular - the
posterior border has [illegible] same shape
as anterior - the extreme tip has been
curved
The top of its ped-
wide from dorsal fin to pectorals is thin
& rounded.
Fleches - Top edge of peduncle is 56 cent. from
the center of the anterior margin of the
fleshes - bottom edge is 46 cent.
Fleshes are placed at a slight incline
upward - notch of fleshes 19 deep - edges
of notch overlap - On its fleshes
below the edge of the peduncle strip bears 25-
from notch - nerve 31 from notch -
Folds - Are widest near navel where
they end - here width is 1/2 - Points of
greatest deviation of folds is between
pectoralis - They are narrowest at
throat. Folds are wide where they run
upon navel, are direct & below
pectoralis they are very narrow (4 was
average width in throat) and as they
go backward widen out gradually,
so that those of belly are much wider
than in throat & fore-crest - The