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Depth 4; head 3}i, profile incUned. Snout 3 in head; eye 3%, iKo 

 in snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches % in eye, length 

 2% in head; jaws subequal; 10 front upper canines, none below; teeth 

 in villiform bands in jaws, outer row little enlarged; interorbital low, 

 eye impinging on upper profile; preopercle with hind edge finely 

 serrate, lower edge entire; preorbital depth Iji in eye. 



Scales 50 in lateral line; 4 above, 11 below, predorsal extend forward 

 opposite eye center, 3 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge and flange 

 broadly naked. 



D. X, 9 or 10, first spine dji in head, first ray 2; A. Ill, 7 or 8, third 

 spine 2%; least depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral iKo; ventral 1%; 

 caudal about long as head, upper lobe ends in short filament. 



Rosy. Iris yellowish or red. Four or five longitudinal yellow or 

 golden bands on head and body, widest on back and flanks. Fins 

 rosy or pink. Dorsals above with two longitudinal violaceous lines 

 submarginally ; anal with median longitudinal yellow band. Length, 

 164 mm. (Bleeker.) East Indies, 



SYNAGRIS SUMBAWENSIS (Bleeker) 



Dentex sumbawensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 19, p. 435, 

 1859 (type locality: Sumbawa); Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, p. 94, 

 pi. (50) [not pi. Perc. 30, fig 2, as stated in synonymy] 328, fig. 2, 1873-1876 

 (Sumbawa) . 



Depth 3%; head 3K, profile inclined. Snout 3K in head; eye 3%, 

 equals snout, greater than eye ; maxillary reaches K in eye, expansion 

 % of eye, length 2% in head; jaws subequal; 6 to 8 upper front canines, 

 none below; bands of villiform teeth in jaws, outer row little enlarged; 

 interorbital very low; hind preopercle edge minutely serrated, lower 

 edge entire; preorbital depth, 2% in eye. 



Scales 50 in lateral line; 3 above, 10 below, predorsal extend forward 

 % in eye; 3 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge, flange broadly naked. 



D. X, 19, I, first spine 3%, first ray 2; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 3, 

 first ray 3Ko; caudal Iji, well forked, lobes pointed; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3K; pectoral iKo; ventral 1)^, first ray ends in short 

 filament. 



Rosy above, below rose silvery. Iris rose or yellow. Three to 5 

 broad yellow bands, upper 2 from above eye along back above lateral 

 line to caudal base, lowest from lower hind eye edge back along mid- 

 dle of side and fourth and fifth bands only from gill opening to caudal 

 base medially. Fins clear rose. Dorsals edged yellow and with 2 nar- 

 row median longitudinal yellow bands. Length, 154 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. Known to Bleeker only from the type. 



SYNAGRIS GRACILIS (Bleeker) 



Dentex gracilis Bleeker, Verb. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 13, No. 3, p. 34, 

 1873 (type locality: Java; Nias; Celebes; Amboina); Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^er- 

 land., vol. 7, pi. (35) 313, fig. 5, 1873-1876; vol. 8, p. 93, 1876-1877 (Nias, 



