SMEAR DAB. 189 



Dab; tail much more circular than in that fish. Colour 

 generally a fine light brown, redder on the cheeks, the 

 whole finely variegated, darker mottlings in irregular ocellated 

 circles, bent lines along the roots of the dorsal rays, broken 

 into spots posteriorly; fins more yellow. Fin rays dorsal 

 ninety, anal seventy-three, pectoral nine, ventral five, caudal 

 sixteen. 



