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opercle ; lower opercular spine the longer. Gill-rakers 4 + 8. 

 Dorsal fin originating above the last fourth of the pectoral, a 

 little nearer to the tip of the snout than to the base of the caudal; 

 spines strong and curved, the first minute and often wanting, the 

 third the longest, § to 4 of the head and a little longer than the 

 middle soft rays ; spine of second dorsal very short, but little 

 longer than the last of the spinous; length of soft dorsal | to f of 

 its height and as long as or somewhat less than that of the anal : 

 second anal spine stronger and longer than the third, |^ to f of 

 the anterior soft rays : ventral rounded, 4 to f of the head and 

 I" to 4 of the space between its origin and the vent: pectoral with 

 12 or 13 rays, reaching to the 7th or 8th body scale, 4 to ^ of the 

 head : caudal rounded, if to i'i in the total length; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle § to i of its length and f to }r of the depth of 

 the body. Reddish-brown or olive-green above, orange or yellow 

 below; a blackisli band or series of blackish spots along the 

 middle of the body, souietimes reduced to a single shoulder spot; 

 sometimes a less conspicuous band above and another below the 

 median band : fins pale brown the anterior rays of the anal and 

 the outer rays of the ventrals dusky; sometimes these tins are 

 ornamented with small black spots. 



Etymology : — vittafa, striped. 



Total length to 60 millimeters (10 fide Castelnau). 



With the exception of the coloration, always an unstable 

 character on which to rely, the following are absolutely the only 

 distiniiuishinsr characters between Edelia vittata and E. viridis as 

 given liy Castelnau : —In the latter the " first dorsal is placed 

 rather more forward than in E. vittata " and the caudal is pointed, 

 while in vittata it is rounded. 



THERAPONID^. 



Therapon humeralis, sp.nov. 

 D. xii 11. A. iii 10. Sc. 14/88/36. L.l. 69. 



Depth of body 3 to 34, length of head 3| to 3^ in the total 

 length. Dorsal profile more strongly arched than the abdominal; 

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