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Depth 3%; head 3K, upper profile obHque. Snout 3 in head from 

 snout tip; eye 3, equals snout, greater than interorbital ; maxillary 

 reaches eye; expansion 2 in eye, length 2% in head from snout tip; 

 jaws nearly equal; 4 or 5 small upper canines followed by lower 

 outer row of conic teeth, inside band of villiform teeth; no lower 

 canines, though short inner villiform band with outer enlarged row; 

 preopercle edge feebly denticulate; suborbital IK in eye. 



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

 forward opposite eye center, 3 rows on cheek with broad naked 

 preopercle flange. 



D. X, 9, I, third spine 2^ in total head length, first ray 2; A. 

 Ill, 7, I, third spine 2%, first ray 2%; caudal 1%, deeply emarginate; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral 1%; ventral IK- 



Above rosy, below silvery ros3^ Iris yellow and rosy. Fins rosy. 

 Dorsal with submarginal violaceous narrow band, edge narrowly 

 yellowish. Anal with silvery or yellow band from bases of spines 

 to tip of last ray. Length, 165 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. Known by its coloration, the body without bands. 



SYNAGRIS CELEBICUS (Bleeker) 



Dentex celebicus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 7, p. 245, 1854 

 (type locality: Macassar); Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 8, p. 88, pi. 

 (54) 332, fig. 2, 1876-1877 (Celebes). 



Synagris celebicus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 377, 1859 (Loui- 

 siades). — Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 5, p. 105, 1881 

 (Swatow, China). — Kltjnzinger. Fische Roth. Meer., p. 36, 1884. — Rtjtter, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1897, p. 76 (compiled). 



Depth 4:%; head 3}^, upper profile oblique. Snout 3 in head from 

 snout tip; eye S%, 1% in snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches opposite front eye edge, expansion 2% in eye, length 2% 

 in head from snout tip; 4 upper low front canines and outer lower 

 row followed by band of villiform teeth; 3 or 4 lower front canines 

 with row of smaller conic teeth each side of jaw, in front villiform 

 band inside; preopercle edge crenulate; preorbital depth 1% in eye. 



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

 forward opposite eye center, 3 row^s on cheek to preopercle ridge, 

 flange naked. 



D. X, 9, I, third spine 3 in total head length, tenth spine 2%, 

 first ray 2%; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 2%, first ray 2%; caudal l}i, 

 deeply lunate, lobes pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 3K; 

 pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Rosy on back, paler below. Iris yellowish. Yellow median lateral 

 band about wide as pupil from snout tip to caudal base medially. 

 Dorsals with edge and 2 median longitudinal bands yellowish, also 2 

 on anals. Ventral clear, first and second rays yellowish. Length, 

 197 mm. (Bleeker.) 



