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Scales 53 to 57 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 to 10 more on 

 latter, 5 to 8 above, 12 to 14 below, 21 to 30 predorsal forward opposite 

 eye center, 5 or 6 rows across cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales with 

 13 to 15 basal radiating striae; 40 obsolete apical points with 2 or 3 

 transverse rows of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XI, 12, I or 13, I, fourth spine l%o to 2 in head, first ray 2^ to 

 2%; A. Ill, 11, I or 12, i, second spine 2% to Z%, first ray 2}i to 3K; 

 caudal 1 to 1%, well forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^ to 

 2%; ventral 1^ to 1%; pectoral 2% to 3K in combined head and body to 

 caudal base. 



Back pale olivaceous to brownish, sides and under surface white, 

 everywhere with bright silvery-white reflections, brassy in alcohol 

 specimens. Each row of scales on back and upper sides often showing 

 dark longitudinal band, median on each scale row. Iris white with 

 silvery, often neutral shade above. Dorsal pale or grayish, mem- 

 branes brownish terminally. Caudal grayish, hind edge dusky. Other 

 fins all pale or whitish. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Portuguese East Africa, Zululand, Natal, Cape 

 Colony, Madagascar, Mauritius, India, Ceylon, Philippines, China, 

 Formosa, Japan, Queensland, New South Wales. Although Whitley 

 has named the New South Wales form as distinct, the old Australian 

 specimens Hsted below are insufficient for me to distinguish any 

 specific characters. 



U.S.N. M. No. 59902. New South Wales. D. G. Stead. Length, 113 to 222 mm. 



Six examples. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 71272. Shimizu. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 150 mm. As 



Sparus sarba. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 75430. Wakanoura. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 122 to 300 mm. 



Three examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 75431. Tokyo. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 103 mm. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 75432. Misaki. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 83 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 53038. Durban Bay, Natal. H. W. Bell Marley. 1925. Length, 



270 mm. As Sparus natalensis. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 63039. Natal coast. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 238 mm. As 



Sparus robinsoni. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 53085. Natal coast. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 120 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 53105. Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa. H. W. Bell Marley. 



July, 1923. Length, 150 mm. As Diplodus nigrofasciatus. 



SPARUS AUSTRALIS (Gunther) 



Chrysophrys australis Gxjnthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 494, 1859 

 (type locality: Port Essington; Port Jackson; Harvey River in fresh water, 

 Western Australia). — Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.- 

 nat. Kl., vol. 53, pt. 1, p. 434, 1866 (Port Jackson, Hobson Bay, Salwater 

 River). — Canestrini, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. Genova, ser. 2, vol. 1, p. 151, 

 1869 (Australia). — Castelnau, London Intemat. Exhib. Cat., p. 133, 1872 

 (Victoria); Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc, Victoria, vol. 1, p. 71, 1872 (Melbourne 

 market) ; Rec. London Internat. Exhib., pt. 7, No. 5, p. 10, 1873 (Victoria) ; 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, p. (350) 373, 1879 (Port Jackson).— 

 Klunzinoer, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl,, vol. 80, pt. 1, 



