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Jfirst annual Eepoct 



No. 1. Ground color ochraceous, lighter on throat and belly ; 

 sides with five fairly distinct transverse bands of brown extending on 

 vertical fins; caudal peduncle with a similar bar; a dark narrow band 

 across base of caudal, and a similar one across middle of pectoral. 

 Caudal membrane yellow, rays spotted with rusty ; anal light at base, 

 darker apically; apical half of pectorals similar to caudal. Cheeks 

 and mandibles speckled with dark brown. Ocellated black spot with 

 yellow margin at base of dorsal behind twentieth soft ray. 



Other specimens have pink where this had yellow, with ground 

 color rosy. Some are very dark, with cross bars on sides indistinct. 

 One specimen has pink between the cross bands on sides, and yellow 



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Figures 22 and 23. Auchenopterus integripinnis 



Fig. 22, Ventral view of viscera, entire. Fig. 23, Alimentary canal removed. 

 A, Liver. E, Spleen. O, Oviduct. Numbers refer to corresponding regions of ali- 

 mentary canal. 



