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eye side rather larger than that on the side opposite : ventral 

 fins immediately before the anal, and appearing like a con- 

 tinuation of that fin, but not connected with it, as in the 

 other species : vent situated between the two last pairs of 

 rays : the rays of all the fins covered with rough scales nearly 

 to their tips. The numbers of the fin-rays are 



D. 87 : P. left side 12 : right side 11 : V. 6 : A. 68 : C. 16. 



" The colour above brown, or reddish brown, mottled and 

 spotted with black ; a large round spot, more conspicuous 

 than the others, in the middle of the side towards the pos- 

 terior part of the body ; fins spotted : under side plain white." 



