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of small dark spots (Philippines, Marshalls, Gilberts, East Indies, 

 Samoa, Fiji Islands, Carolines) clathrata Ogilby 



20b. No small black spots in dark vertical bars on side of body as in clathrata; 

 no black above opercle; middle caudal fin rays with white blotch in 

 distal half of fin; snout without brown spots; no row of brown spots 

 distally on anal fin (Philippines, Marianas, Marshalls, Gilberts, Fiji 

 Islands, Ceylon, Pyukyu Islands, East Indies, Carolines, Mauritius, 

 and off Thailand) cephalopunctata (Seale) 



19b. 5 dorsal fin spines. 



21a. Zigzag row of scales around caudal peduncle 26-32. 



22a. Oblique scale rows 55-64. 



23a. Large dark ocellate spot above operculum and above lateral line; exposed 

 distal part of each soft anal ray dusky; dark vertical bars on sides meet- 

 ing at midventral line of body (Japan to East Indies, Samoa, Fiji Islands, 

 Bay of Bengal, Cocos Islands) tetracantha (Lacepede) 



23b. No dark ocellate spot as in tetracantha; exposed distal tips of soft anal rays 

 unpigmented; dark vertical bars on sides not continuing to midventral 

 line of body (Japan to Queensland, Fiji Islands, Zanzibar, Madagascar) . 



xanthozona (Bleeker) 



22b. Oblique scale rows 66-72; cheeks and rear of head with conspicuous light 

 and dark cross-bars; side of body with 7 light bars ending in 7 black 

 ocellate spots on lower side, leaving belly plain light tan; 7 scales from 

 base of first soft dorsal ray to lateral line (Japan) . kamoharai Schultz 



21b. Zigzag row of scales around caudal peduncle number 24-26. 



24a. Oblique scale rows 51-55, with 4 scales above lateral line to base of first 

 soft dorsal ray and 12-13 below lateral line to anus; gill rakers 5 or 6 + 9 

 or 10 on first arch (off coast of Somali) . . . somaliensis, new species 



24b. Oblique scale rows 56-62, with 5 scales above and 13 or 14 below lateral 

 line; gill rakers 6 + 9 or 10 on first arch. 



25a. 2 dark bars across belly between bases of pelvic fins and anus; no dark spot 

 on side of body below depressed pectoral fin (Seychelles Islands). 



bivittata, new species 



25b. No dark bars across belly; 3 dark ocellate spots in row on side in area be- 

 tween depressed pectoral fins and that of pelvic fins (Seychelles Islands) . 



trispilota, new species 



12b. 8 teeth in outer row of lower jaw. 



26a. Dorsal fin spines longest posteriorly; caudal vertebrae 18. 



27a. Dorsal rays V(rarely VI), 20; total anal rays 17, occasionally 18; scales 

 above lateral line 10-12; total gill rakers on first arch 21-26; brownish 

 pigment at base of pectoral fin (New Zealand, Chatham, and Alderman 

 Islands) colias (Bloch) 



27b. Dorsal rays V,21; total anal rays 18; scales above lateral line 4-7; total gill 

 rakers on first arch 15-20; base of pectoral fin without brown coloration. 



28a. Oblique scale rows 60-65; zigzag scales in row around caudal peduncle 

 25-29; scales in row from lateral line to anus 16 or 17, and above lateral 

 line 4 or 5 (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania) . 



allporti (Giinther) 



28b. Oblique scale rows 65-69; zigzag scales in row around caudal peduncle 

 30-34; scales in row from lateral line to anus 18 or 19, and above lateral 

 line 6 or 7 (New Zealand) gilliesi (Hutton) 



26b. Dorsal spines longest at middle of fin; caudal vertebrae 19. 



29a. Membrane from last dorsal fin spine connects at base of first soft dorsal 

 ray; no large black blotch on middle rays of caudal fin. 



