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dorsal origin midway between ventral and anal origin, spine 1% to 

 2 in fin length, which 1 to ll^ in head ; anal origin well behind hind 

 basal end of second dorsal, base of fin 1 to 1% in space to subcaudal 

 origin, length of fiin li^ to li/^ in head; subcaudal lobe 11/2 to 1% 

 in caudal length, 1 to ll^ in head ; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 to 

 5 ; pectoral width 1% to 1% in its length, which greater than head to 

 fifth gill opening, about equals head to fourth gill opening in adult ; 

 ventral II/4 to 1% in head ; claspers little longer than ventral, extend 

 well behind hind ventral edges, pointed and with coriaceous point. 



Brown above, below whitish. Transverse dusky brown band 

 across orbits over occiput to spinous dorsal, extends below eye widen- 

 ing on cheek. Transverse dark band before and another behind ven- 

 trals. Lesser bands before first dorsal, one before second dorsal and 

 another over anal. Vertical fins and upper surfaces of paired fins 

 brown, edges of all fins narrowly uniform whitish. 



New South Wales. A well-marked species, easily known by the 

 high flaring supraorbital ridges, appearing as crests abruptly ter- 

 minating behind eyes. Specimens in the Queensland Museum from 

 Port Jackson and the Queensland coast. 



U.S.N.M. No. 40001. Port Jackson. Australian Museum. Length, 600 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 40005. Port Jackson. Australian Museum. Length, 517 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 40013. Port Jackson, Australian Museum. Length, 182 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 40017. Port Jackson. Australian Museum. Length, 357 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 59876. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. Length, 358 mm. 



Subgenus WuiA Fowler 



Anal base 2 or more times its length from subcaudal origin. Dark 

 transverse body bands narrow. 



HETERODONTUS ZEBRA (Gray) 



Centracion zehra Gray, Zool. Misc., p. 5, 1831 (type locality: Sea of China). — 

 Gasman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 181, 1913 (China). 



Cestracion zehra Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1845, 15th meeting, 

 p. 195, 1846 (seas of China). — Bleekee, Verh. Batav. Genootsch., vol. 25, 

 p. 21, 1853 (Nagasaki; China) ; Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-N^erl., vol. 1, p. 8, 1856 

 (Amboina) ; p. 7, 1857-1858 (Japan). — Rexjan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 

 vol. 1, p. 496, 1908 (China). 



Heterodontus zehra Gray, Cat. Fishes British Mus., p. 65, 1854 (China). — 

 Bleekee, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-N^erl., vol. 1, no. 3, p. 6, 1856 (Manado) ; vol. 1, 

 no. 5, p. 71, 1856 (Amboina, Nagasaki, Manado) ; Verh. Batav. Genootsch., 

 vol. 26 (Japan), pp. 6, 127, 1857 (Nagasaki). — Maclay and Macleay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 10, p. 673, pi. 45, 1886 (Swatow). — Ogilby, 

 Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 10, 1888 (open sea off Swatow). — 

 Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, p. 99, 1925 (Osaka mar- 

 ket).— Wu, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 2, fig. 1, 1929 

 (Amoy).— Fowler, Hong Kong Nat., vol. 1, p. 29, fig. 2, 1930 (China) ; Proc. 

 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 484, 1930 (reference).— Wang, Contr. 

 Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 9, p. 88, 1933 (Yenting; Chusan).— Fowler, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 85, p. 233, 1934 (name). 



