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1913, p. 207 (Gisser Island and Banda). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., 



Amsterdam, 1913, p. 112 (Amboina). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop M us., vol. 



10, 1928, p. 184 (Apia and Funafuti). 

 Anhyperodon leucogrammicus Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 



1895, p. 270 (Seychelles, North Celebes, Amboina, Ponape, Aneiteum, 



Zanzibar). 

 Epinephelus leucogrammicus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Norland., vol. 7, 



1873-76. pi. (1) 279, fig. 4. 

 Serranus urophthalmus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 8, 1855, 



p. 310. Batu Archipelago. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 



1859, p. 155 (copied). 

 Epinephelus urophthalmus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 7, 



1873-76, pi. (12) 290, fig. 3. 

 Anyperodon urophthalmus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 



1873-76, p. 29 (Batu). 

 Anhyperodon urophthalmus Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, 



p. 271 (copied). 



Depth zy s to S%; head 2J4 to 2^, width %y 2 to %%. Snout 3% 

 to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 5 to 7, l l /i to \V% in snout, much 

 greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches to hind eye edge in 

 young and little beyond with age, expansion 1 to V/2 in eye, length 

 2 to 2Vg in head; teeth fine, villiform, in bands in jaws, in mandible 

 4 rows anteriorly narrowing to 2 rows posteriorly; pair of small upper 

 front canines, sometimes double, but no lower ones; band of fine 

 teeth on vomer, none on palatines; interorbital 7j^ to 83^, little con- 

 vex; hind preopercle edge entire, also lower edge entire; 3 small 

 equidistant opercular spines, upper slightly advanced. Gill rakers 

 7 + 17, lanceolate, equal gill filaments or 3^ of eye; upper and lower 

 6 or 7 rudimentary. 



Scales 82 to 110 in lateral line to caudal base and 14 to 16 more 

 on latter; pores 57 to 61 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 to 7 

 more on latter; 15 to 20 scales above lateral line, 30 to 37 below, 80 

 to 90 predorsal, 28 to 33 rows across cheek; maxillary with upper 

 three-fourths of expansion finely scaled; fine basal scales on all fins; 

 body scales largely without auxiliary small basal scales. Scales with 

 4 to 15 basal radiating striae; 26 to 32 apical denticles with 3 to 6 

 transverse series basally; circuli fine. 



D. XI, 14, 1 or 15, 1, third spine 3 to 3% in total head length, 

 eleventh ray 2% to 3^; A. Ill, 9, 1, third spine 3^ to A l A, fourth 

 ray 2\i to 2%; caudal \% to 1%, rounded behind; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 4 to 4}4; pectoral 2}4 to 2}{; ventral 2 to 2%. 



In alcohol brown or little lighter on under surface of head and 

 abdomen. Usually spotted or blotched obscurely with darker. Four 

 pale grayish to whitish longitudinal or horizontal lines, narrow, 

 variously broken or incomplete and at least distinct at all ages. Fins 

 pale brownish, uniform or soft verticals spotted obscurely with darker. 

 In young spinous dorsal with broad median and terminal row of 



