SMEAR DAB. 189 



Dab; tail miicli 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 yeHow. Fin rays dorsal 

 nineteen, anal seventy-three, pectoiul nine, ventral five, caudal 

 sixtccu. 



