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r^. Narrow yellow line from opercle angle 

 to bases of upper caudal rays cross- 

 ing lateral line, another parallel 

 above one row of scales ends below 

 last soft dorsal rays; below lateral 

 line 6 or 7 silvery stripes wide as 

 pupil; upper caudal lobe ends in 

 filament, 

 s'. Suborbital depth greater than eye. 



virgatus. 

 s^. Suborbital depth half of eye. 



aurifilum. 

 r^. Five greenish yellow horizontal bands 

 below lateral line; brilliant crimson 

 shoulder spot; light blue bar before 

 eye from above and another from 

 below; dorsals bordered golden; anal 

 basal half yellow, terminal half 

 lilac with 3 basal and 2 median pale 



blue bands theodorei. 



5*. Four rows of scales on cheek; 30 dark 

 > -shaped bars along lateral line; 

 dorsals with 2 yellow longitudinal 



bands smithii. 



c^. Body with dark transverse blotches. 



i'. Body with 5 dark transverse viola- 

 ceous rosy blotches, reaching 

 middle of sides; dorsals edged 



yellow ovenii. 



<2. Body with 9 dark brown saddles; 

 apparently giving place to pink- 

 ish or purplish longitudinal 

 bands with age; second and 

 third dorsal spines and caudal 



filamentous luteus. 



b^. First two dorsal spines elongated in filaments; body and head with yellow 

 longitudinal bands; yellow band on anal; suborbital depth 2 in 



eye nematophorus. 



c^. Odontoglyphis. Membranes of spinous dorsal notched marginally. 



u^. Body and head with longitudi- 

 nal yellow bands; fins uni- 

 form rosy tolu. 



w^. Body uniform rosy, except up- 

 per half of dorsals, which 

 yellow mulloides. 



Subgenus Synagris Giinther 



SYNAGRIS HEXODON (Quay and Gaimard) 



Dentex hexodon Qtjoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., p. 301, 1824 (type lo- 

 cality: Timor). — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 243, 1830 

 (Timor).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, p. 84, 1876-1877 

 (copied). 



Synagris hexodon Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 376, 1859 (copied). 



