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Holocentrus rabaji LAcfipfeoE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, pp. 724, 725, 1802 (on 

 Forskal). 



Depth about 2; head little less than 3, profile steeply inclined. 

 Eye 02 in head, 1% to 2 in snout, IK in interorbital, about equals 

 preorbital depth; preorbital longer than deep, not reaching down to 

 mouth angle, its lower edge straight; incisors 4 to 6 in each jaw, 4 

 series of lower molars and 5 upper. 



Scales 48 to 50 in lateral line, 7 above, 15 below, about 7 rows on 

 cheek. 



D. XI, 12 to 15, fifth spine longest; A. Ill, 10 to 12, second spine 

 longest. 



Silvery with dark lines along each row of scales. Head with two 

 black cross bands, first through eye to mouth angle, second from nape 

 to opercle edge. Yellow band before eyes. Snout black. Dorsal, 

 caudal and pectoral yellow. Dorsal spinous fin black, soft dorsal 

 with narrow black edge. Ventral and anal blackish, latter sometimes 

 with yellow band or last ray yellow. Reaches 375 mm. (Barnard.) 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Zululand, Portuguese East Africa, 

 Mauritius, Rodriguez, Madagascar, Mekran, India, 



SPARUS CUVIERI (Day) 



Chrysophrys cuvieri Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 141, pi. 34, fig. 3, 1875 (type 

 locality: Mangalore) ; Suppl. 1888, p. 788; Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, 

 p. 45, 1889. 



Dentex hasta (not Sparus hasta Schneider, 1801) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., vol. 6, p. 255, 1830 (type locality: Malabar). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. 

 Genootsch. (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 38, 1853.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, p. 373, 1859 (compiled).— Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 26, 1865 

 (compiled) . 



Depth 3; head 3%. Snout 3 in head; eye 4 to 6, 1^ to 2 in snout, 

 IK in interorbital; maxillary reaches % in eye, length 2% in head; 4 to 

 6 pointed, rather conic incisors in front of each jaw, with villiform 

 teeth behind; pointed and compressed row of teeth along outer side 

 of either jaw, last few small with rounded crowns; internal 2 rows 

 rounded small molars in lower and 3 in upper; hind preopercle edge 

 very minutely serrated in young. 



Scales 48 in lateral line, 4 or 5 above, 10 below to anal origin, 7 or 

 8 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge angle; few scales over soft dorsal 

 base, band at anal base; caudal with fine scales almost to its end. 



D. XI, 11 or 12, fourth spine 2% in head, first ray 2%; A. Ill, 8 or 9, 

 second spine 2%, first ray 3; caudal 1%, emarginate; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2}^; pectoral 1; ventral 1%. 



Silvery gray. About eight lines radiate from eye and hind pre- 

 orbital edge. Each row of scales with darkish band along center. 

 Dorsal and caudal with black tips. Gray band along center of dorsal 

 and gray spot at base of each spine and ray. Anal spines gray, 



