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c\ Dozen longitudinal whitish bands, medial widest; small white blotch 



usually below soft dorsal rays aurolineatus. 



c*. Indistinct blackish oblique baiid from nape of neck to opercle point; 

 second similar before dorsal, ending below lateral line in large rounded 



spot; few blackish clouded spots along sides iiubilus. 



c*'. Blue line from eye along upper sides, crossing lateral line on caudal 

 peduncle; small round black spot at caudal base medially-, setosus. 

 b-. Oblique dark bar across pectoral base from fin origin; 3 whitish longitu- 

 dinal bands from eye, lowest axial to caudal base caninus. 



a-. PeiLOPENTAPODUS, new subgenus. Predorsal scales extend forward only 

 far as eye. 



gK Each scale with dark spot forming longitudinal series-- dux. 



3^. Brown marblings, cloudings, some grouped as vertical bands; 



numerous indistinct longitudinal brown or blackish lines 



on body curtus. 



Subgenus Pentapodus Quoy and Gaimard 



Predorsal scales extend forward in interorbital. 



PENTAPODUS VITTA Quoy and Gainiard 



Pentapodus vitta Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., p. 294, pi. 44, fig. 4, 

 1824 (type locality : Shark Bay, Western Australia). — McCulloch, Austral. 

 Mus. Mem., vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 229, 1929 (compiled). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 (reference). 



Pentapus vitta Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 264, 1830 (type). — 

 GtJNTHER, Cat. FisJi. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 381, 1859 (Victoria; Houtman's 

 Abrolhos). — Castelnau, Res. Fish. Australia (Off. Rec. Philadelphia Exhib. 

 Victoria), p. 12, 1875 (Swan River).— GtiNXHER, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, 

 p. 39, 1880 (south of New Guinea, lat. 59' S., long. 139° 42' E.).— Macleat, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 384, 1881 (west and north 

 coasts Australia). — Waite, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 4, p. 185, 1902 (Man- 

 durah. West Australia). — McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, vol. 2, pt. 3, 

 p. 106, pi. 21, 1914 (type; Freemantle; Mandurah, between Geraldton and 

 Cape Naturaliste) . — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 217, 1928 

 (copied GiJNTHER). 



IPentapus iris Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 266, 1830 (type 

 locality: Shark Bay, West Australia). 



Maenoides? aurofrenatus Richardson, Icones Pise, p. 8, pi. 5, fig. 2, 1843 (type 

 locality: Tale Bay, Australia probably Tale Head, Port Darwin). 



Sinaris porosus (not Valenciennes) Richardson, Discov. in Australia, Stokes, 

 vol. 1, appendix p. 489, pi. 3, 1846 [King George Sound (Bynoe)]. 



Depth 3}^; head ?>}{. Snout 3K in head; eye 4, \}im. snout; maxil- 

 lary reaches eye, length 3 in head ; interorbital low, entire ; suborbital 

 depth 2 in eye. 



Scales fine, 72 on figure, of which last 4 on caudal base; 5 above, 

 16 below, predorsal extended forward nearly to nostrils; 5 rows on 

 cheek to preopercle ridge, preopercle flange naked. 



D, X, 10, fourth spine 2% in head, first ray 2)U; A. Ill, 8, third 

 spine 4Ko, first ray 3%; caudal IXo, forked, lobes pointed ; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3; pectoral 1%; ventral \%. 



