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mostly) scales before spinous dorsal; width of head If in its length; 

 depth of head 1^; mandible 2|-; first dorsal spine 1^; first dorsal ray 

 If; third anal spine 2; first anal ray 14-; lower caudal lobe 1; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 1^: ventral 1-|; snout Sf in head, 

 measured from tip of upper jaw ; eye 3f ; maxillar}' 4 ; width of mouth 3 ; 

 interorbital space 2\. 



Body deep, compressed, and greatest depth about origin of spinous 

 dorsal. Lower profile a little more convex than upper. Caudal pe- 

 duncle compressed, deep, and its length about half its depth. 



Head robust, a little large, well constricted below and convex above. 



Fig. 10. — Liza oUgolepis (Bleeker). 



IvOwer profile a little more convex and inclined than upper which is a 

 trifle concave just in front of eye above. Snout broad, convex above, 

 and upper jaw not produced. Eye circular, close to upper profile, 

 without adipose eyelids, and its posterior margin a trifle posterior in 

 length of head. i\Iouth broad, gape small, reaching opposite anterior 

 nostril. Mandibular angle broad and obtuse, symphysis forming a 

 yjrocess fitting in a depression in front of upper jaw. Lips rather fleshy, 

 though thin. Teeth very minute and apparently only evident in a 

 series along margin of upper jaw. A small patch of minute teeth on 

 each palatine. Tongue fleshy, not free from floor of mouth. Lower 

 preorbital margin serrate. Anterior nostril with a slight cutaneous 



