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to 31/^ in head; teeth small, simple, conic, in 4 or 5 irregular series 

 in jaws with outermost row little enlarged; interorbital 3% to 41/3, 

 convexly elevated; preopercle edge with 25 to 30 denticles. Gill 

 rakers 8 + 20, lanceolate, y^ to I/2 of gill filaments which 1% in eye. 

 Scales 75 to 90 in lateral line to caudal base and 12 to 14 more on 

 latter ; 45 to 59 tubular scales in lateral line to caudal base and 9 to 11 

 more on latter; 12 or 13 scales above lateral line, 18 to 20 below, 38 

 to 47 predorsal forward above front nostril, 16 rows on cheek. Su- 



FiGUBB 20. — Plectorhinchds lineatus (Linnaeus). 



MARKINGS 



RBr 



Variation of color 



prascapula denticulate. Scales with 6 to 9 basal radiating striae; 

 apical denticles 25 to 30, with 6 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli very fine. 



D. XII, 22, I, third spine 21^ to 2% in total head length, nine- 

 teenth ray 1% to 1% ; A. Ill, 7, i, second spine 1% to 1%, third ray 

 1% to 1%; caudal 1 to 1^, convexly rounded behind; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2^^ to 2^4 ; pectoral IV5 to I14 5 ventral I14 to ly^. 



General color whitish, with 6 broad dusky brown longitudinal 

 bands, all wider than pale interspaces, second, third and fourth 

 widest. Iris yellowish white, except as crossed by dark band. Dor- 

 sals white, spinous fin broadly black marginally, also basally. On 

 soft dorsal blackish margin becoming slightly submarginal posteri- 

 orly and ends in hind point of fin; dark basal band joins second 

 broad lateral band and continues on fin horizontally to upper hind 

 edge of fin. Third dark lateral band ends as blotch on last dorsal 



