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than back and other fins all dull brown. Transverse brown or dark 

 line over pectoral base obliquely. 



Arabia, Mauritius, Madagascar. Reunion, Seychelles, Ceylon. Well 

 figured by Day, this species differs from most of those of the East 

 Indian region in the increased scales above the lateral line. A pale 

 line from the snout, arching over the postocular region is character- 

 istic. Unlike most of Playfair's figures that of Scolopsis nototaenia 

 is quite poor, though it may have been improvised from the dried 

 example Day mentions in the British Museum as the type. Day 

 gives the length of the species as 242 mm. The figure of Scolopsis 

 phaeops by Sauvage also does not show the pale arched postorbital 

 band. 



7554. Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 23. 1908. Length 262 mm. 

 A1357. Great Tobea Island, Buton Strait. December 15, 1909. Length 265 mm. 



SCOLOPSIS CANCELLATUS (Cuvicr) 



Scolopsides cancellatus Cuviee, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 351. Hawaii; 

 Waigiu ; Rawac, North East New Guinea ; Vanicolo ; Ulea. — Bleekeb, Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, pi. (31) 309, fig. 2. 



Scolopsis catweUatus GtJNTHEB, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 361 (Suma- 

 tra). — Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 683 (Andamans). — GIintheb, 

 Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 2-3, pts. 5-6, 1874, p. 30 (all Polynesia). — Day, 

 Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 86, pi. 22, fig. 6.— Bleekioi, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 N6erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 5 (Sumatra, Cocos, Java, Bawean, Celebes, 

 Sangir, Solor, Timor, Ternate, Batjan, Amboina, Ceram, Buru, Coram, 

 Guebe, Waigiu, Rawak). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 

 vol. 14, 1885, p. 14 (North Celebes). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 

 1, 1889, p. 523, fig. 158.— Webek, Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. Austral., vol. 

 5, 1895, p. 263 (Ambon).— Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 32, 1907, p. 244 (Zamboanga). — Weber, Siboga Exp., voL 57, Fische, 1913, 

 p. 281 (Menado; Pepelah Bay, Rotti). — Fowler, Bull. Bishop Mus., No. 

 22, 1925, p. 9 (Guam). — Vinciguebra, Ann. Mus. Civico Stor. Nat. Genova, 

 series 3, vol. 10, 1926, p. 572 (Sarawak). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1927, p. 279 (Philippines) ; Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, 

 p. 208 (Fate, Agana, Guam, Meos Bundi, Paanopa, Ascension Island) ; 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 641 (Fate; Agaiia, Guam). 



Scolopsis cancellatum Evebmann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 84 (Bacon; Bulan). 



Scolopsis cancellata Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 

 (1908), p. 259 (Cuyo). —Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 1912, p. 500 

 (Okinawa). 



? Scolopsis Uneatus Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool. Dec. 18, 1824, p. 

 322, pi. 60, fig. 3. Small brackish rivers of Waigiu; Guebe Island.— 

 GiJNTHER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 2-3, pts. 5-6, 1874, p. 31 (Samoa). 



Depth 24/^ ; head 3 to 314, width 1% to 2. Snout 31/0 to 3% in 

 head ; eye 2% to 3, greater than snout or interorbital, subequal with 

 interorbital with age; maxillary reaches eye, 3% to 3% in head; 

 bands of fine teeth in jaws, palate edentulous; interorbital 3, slightly 



