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Scales 115 along lateral line to caudal base; tubes 71 in lateral 

 line to caudal base and 6 more on latter; 32 scales above lateral line, 

 74 below, 61 predorsal forward opposite front nostril; 20 rows on 

 cheek to angle of preopercle ridge and 7 more over preopercle flange 

 transversely. Scales with 4 to 6 basal radiating striae, with 1 to 5 

 more auxiliary incomplete ones; 5 to 7 apical denticles, with 3 or 4 

 transverse series of basal elements; circuli coarse. 



D. XI, 18, I, fourth spine 2% in head, fourth ray 1% to 1%; A. Ill, 

 13, I, second spine 3% to 4, first ray 1%; caudal 1)^ to 1%, irregularly 

 slightly emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 2}^ to 2%; pectoral 

 1%; ventral 1^- 



Generally dark brown, with 5 broad blackish brown bands, wider 

 than pale interspaces; both pale and dark and pale bands with still 

 darker blotches, spots, or streaks, variable, though more or less ver- 



FiGURE 11.— Oplegnathus insignis (Kner), young 



tically strewn. Jaws and snout pale. Body bands reflected on dor- 

 sals and anals, soft portions of which also blotched or with darker 

 markings. Caudal with dark transverse basal blotch, terminally 

 vermiculated irregularly with blackish brown. Pectoral pale ter- 

 minally, darker basally, where small obscure dark spots, fin base 

 brownish black. Anal blackish terminally, pale brown basally. 



U.S.N.M. No. 77584. LobosdeAfuera, Peru. Dr. R. E. Coker. Length, 39 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 77706. Peru. Dr. R. E. Coker. Length, 210 mm. 



OPLEGNATHUS ROBINSONI Regan 



Hoplegnathus robinsoni Regan, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 3, p. 168, 1916 

 (type locality: Natal). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., 

 vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 348, 1917 (reference). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., 

 vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 506, 1927. 



