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D. XII, 10, I, third spine IK in head, last ray 2%; A. Ill, 8, i, 

 third spine 3%, third ray 3; caudal 1%, deeply emarginate; ventral 

 IK; pectoral 2% in combined head and body to caudal base. 



Back pale olive, below whitish. Traces of longitudinal darker line 

 along each row of scales medianly. 



Eastern Atlantic, from the Canaries, Mauritania, to Angola, South 

 Africa, Natal, Mauritius, and Red Sea. 



A.N.S.P. No. 63037. Natal coast, 20 to 30 fathoms. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 

 290 mm. 



DENTEX NUFAR Valenciennes 



Dentex nufar (Ehrenberq) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 240, 1830 

 (type locality: Egypt, Red Sea). — RtiPPELL, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 115, 

 1835 (Suez).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 371, 1859 (com- 

 piled). — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, p. 387, 1876 (Nagasaki). — 

 Klunzinqer, Fische Roth. Meer., p. 35, pi. 4, fig. 2, 1884. — Steindachner, 

 Deukschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 133, 1907 

 (Gischin, South Arabia). — Zxjgmayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wise., vol. 28, pt. 6, 

 p. 10, 1913 (Oman) .—Fowler, Hong Kong Nat., vol. 2, No. 4, p. 298, text 

 fig. 7, 1931 (Hong Kong). 



Polysteganus nufar Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 764, 1870 

 (type of Dentex variabilis Ehrenberq) . 



Polysteganus miphar Klunzinqer, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, p. 764, 1870 

 (variant spelling). 



Dentex variabilis (Ehrenberq) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 241, 

 1830 (type locality: Red Sea). 



Synagris variabilis GxJnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 376, 1859 (compiled). 



Dentex fasciolatus (Ehrenberq) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 242, 

 1830 (type locality: Red Sea). 



Depth 2K; head 3, upper profile oblique. Snout 2}^ in head from 

 snout tip; eye 4, 1% in snout; maxillary reaches eye, length 2)^ in head; 

 preorbital depth equals eye; lower jaw slightly longer; 4 canines in 

 frontof each jaw. 



Scales 60 in lateral line (58 on figure); 6 above, 12 below, 14 rows on 

 cheek, of which 4 rows on preopercle flange ; predorsal extend forward 

 opposite front eye edge. 



D. XII, 10, second spine elongated or 1% in head, first ray d%; 

 A. Ill, 8, second spine 3%, first ray Z%; caudal 1^, forked, lobes 

 broad; least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1; ventral 1%. 



Silvery, with rosy-red sheen. Fins flesh-colored, with blue reflec- 

 tions. Four gray transverse bands. (Klunzinger.) 



Red Sea, Arabia. Valenciennes gives the length of Geoft'roy's 

 example as 150 mm. The record for Nagasaki by Martens is perhaps 

 questionable. Steindachner had examples 310 mm long and says 

 third to fifth dorsal spines prolonged and filamentous. 



