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line, 13 above, 20 below — Klunzinger.) D. XIII, 20 (figure shows 

 but 12 spines), third spine 2% in head, first ray 2i/^; A. Ill, 7 

 (figure shows 8 rays), second spine 1%; caudal IVs, slightly emar- 

 ginate behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^2 ; pectoral 1% ; 

 ventral I14. Yellowish gray, back greenish gray and belly yel- 

 lowish. Head and tail with many rows of blackish gray blotches, 

 in young these forming 5 longitudinal rows, with age spots irregular. 

 All fins straw yellow, dorsal, anal and caudal spotted with black. 

 Iris dark brown, with yellow ring around pupil. Length 431 mm. 

 (Riippell.) 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Reunion, Mauritius. Mozambique. 

 Resembles Plectoi'hinchus pictus, but the head and predorsal 

 immaculate. 



PLECTORHINCHUS SCHOTAF (Forsk&l) 



Sciaena abii-mgateriu scJiotaf Fobskal, Descript. Animal., 1775 p. 51. 

 Arabia. — Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 315 (on Forskai,). 



Eolocentrus schotaf Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 320 (Red Sea). 



Diagramma schotaf Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1S2S, p. 126 

 (Red Sea) ; Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 125.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 322 (copied). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. 

 Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 738 (Koseir, Red Sea) ; Fische Roth. Meer., 

 1884, p. 31. 



Diagramma schotaf Cttvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 18.30, p. 228 (on Forskal). 



Plectorhinchus schotaf Fowleb, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 207 (com- 

 piled). 



Diagramma griseum Cxtvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 306. Malabar. — 

 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 321 (copied). — ^Day, Fishes 

 of Malabar, 1865, p. 24 (copied). — Plate air, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 26, 

 pi. 4, fig. 3, var. b (Zanzibar, Aden, Kiswarra Bay) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1867, p. 850 ( Seychelles ) .—Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 81, 

 pi. 21, fig. 2 (type of Diagramma sordidum,) . — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. 

 Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 437 (Mauritius). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, 

 No. 7, 1879, p. 39 (Zanzibar). — Bout^enger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, 

 p. 656 (Muscat).— Day, Fishes of India, Suppl., 1888, p. 785 (note).— 

 Bouxenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, p. 245 (Muscat). — Day, Fauna 

 Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 517, fig. 1.56.— Sauvage, Hist. Nat. 

 Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 167, pi. 24, fig. 4 (type; Bombay; Mascate ; 

 Batavia). — Southwell, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1912-13, p. E42 (Ceylon 

 Pearl banks). — Pel^rson, Ceylon Adlninistr. Rep., 1912-13, pt. 4, p. E14 

 (Gulf of Manaar) ; 1914, pt. 4, pp. E5, E23, (Gulf of Manaar).— Boulenger, 

 Cat. Fresh Water Fish. Africa, vol. 3, 1915, p. 128, fig. 93 (Zanzibar; 

 Seychelles). — Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1915-18, pp. FS-Fll, 

 F13-F16, F18. — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, 

 1917, p. 355 (references). — Regan, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 2, 1918, p. 199 

 (Durban). — Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Report, 1921, pp. E4— 47. — Pearson, 

 Ceylon Administr. Report, 1922, p. F6. — Pillay, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. 

 Soc, vol. 33, No. 2, Feb. 15, 1929, p. 367 (Travancore). 



Diagramtna. grisea Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 6, 1S77, p. 12 

 (Zanzibar). 



