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D. X, 9, 1, third spine 3 in head, seventh ray 1% ; A. Ill, 7, i, third 

 spine 3%, first ray 2%; caudal II/5, well emarginate; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2% ; pectoral 1% ; ventral IV3. 



Pale brown, largely uniform, whitish below. Traces of several 

 parallel gray vertical close set bars on caudal base. 



East Indies. 

 72672 U.S.N.M. Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 230 mm. 



SCOLOPSIS PERSONATUS (Cnvier) 



Scolopsides personatus Cuvteb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 344. Bata- 

 via. — Bleeker, Verb. Kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, No. 3, vol. 18, 1879, p. 1 



(Mauritius). 

 Scolopsis personatus Gtjnthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 360 



(copied).— Bleekek, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 9, 

 pi. (63)341, fig. 4 (Sumatra, Singapore, Java, Celebes, Ternate, Am- 

 boina). — I-Lajioli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 154 (Sing- 

 apore). — Weber, Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. Austral., vol. 5, 1895, p. 263 



(Thursday Island).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 209 



(compiled). 



Depth 2% to 2% ; head 3, width 2. Snout 2% to 3 in head from 

 snout tip; eye ZYg to 3%, equals snout to 11/5, subequal with inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches eye or 14 ^^ ©ye, length 2% to 2% in 

 head from snout tip; teeth villiform, in bands; interorbital 3 to 

 31^, slightly convex; hind preopercle edge strongly denticulate; in- 

 fraorbital spine moderate. Gill rakers 5 + 5, short tubercles. 



Scales 45 or 46 in lateral line and 4 or 5 more on latter; 5 scales 

 above lateral line, 12 below, 30 to 33 predorsal scales forward op- 

 posite nostrils, 5 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge and 4 more rows 

 on preopercle flange. Scales with 7 or 8 basal radiating striae; 

 apical denticles 97 to 105, small slender points, with 6 to 15 trans- 

 verse series of basal elements ; circuli very fine. 



D. X, 10, I or 9, I, fourth spine 2% to 2% in total head length, 

 first ray li/^ to 2i/^; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 31/5 to 3%, first ray 

 2% to 3%; caudal 1 to l^jj, hind edge emarginate; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2% to 2% I pectoral 1% to 1^ ; ventral IV5 to ly^. 



Brown, pale to whitish below. Pale band across interorbital from 

 one eye to another. Pale diffuse median lateral band indistinct. 

 Fins all pale. 



Mauritius, Singapore, East Indies, Queensland. 



A584. Busbus Point, Siasi Island. September 20, 1909. Length 245 mm. 

 22779, 22780. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 204 to 



225 mm. 

 14079. Capunuypugan Point, Generale Island, May 9, 1908, Length 147 mm, 



(damaged). 

 10962, Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 10, 1908. Length 129 mm. 

 9362, 18557, Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 153 to 181 mm. 



