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Scales 63 to 71 along above lateral line, 59 to 67 along below lat- 

 eral line; 11 to 13 scales above lateral line, 19 to 21 below, 14 to 17 

 predorsal forward to occiput, 6 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 



D. XIII, 11 or 12, sixth spine 1% to lj\ in head, first ray 2 to 21/3 ; 

 A. Ill, 9 or 10, second spine 1% to 2^8 ; caudal 1 to 1%, emarginate 

 behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2i/4 to 2i/^; pectoral ly^ to 

 11/2 ; ventral II/5 to l^^. 



Olive or grayish green on back and sides, becoming lighter below. 

 Irregular blackish spots or blotches may be present on body, not 

 bilaterally symmetrical. Membranes of all fins except pectorals 

 uniformly dusky. Length 272 mm. (Ogilby and McCulloch.) 



TERAPON PARVICEPS Macleay 



Therapon parviceps Macleay, Proe. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 

 1884, p. 201. Upper Burdekin River, Queensland. — Ogilby and McCul- 

 loch, Mem. Queensland Mas., vol, 5, 1916, p. 124, pi. 11, fig. 3 (types). 



Depth 2% to 2j\; head 3 to 33/5. Snout 3 to 3% in head; eye 

 3% to 5, 1 to 11/2 ill snout; maxillary reaches below hind nostril 

 or to front eye edge, length 5 in head; band of minute teeth in 

 each jaw, outer series largest, partly cardiform, also outer surfaces 

 of teeth flattened, partly depressible; interorbital 2^ to 314, little 

 convex, smooth; preopercle edge evenly denticulate, denticles some- 

 what enlarged on rounded angle. 



Scales 51 along above lateral line to caudal base and 49 to 56 

 along below lateral line; 9 scales above lateral line, 16 below, 5 or 

 6 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 



D. XIII, 10 or 11, fourth spine 1% in head, first ray 1% ; A. Ill, 

 9, third spine 2%, second ray 1%; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2%; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%; caudal 3^3 in combined head and 

 body to caudal base, deeply emarginate. 



Brownish gray on back, becomes silvery on sides. Base of each 

 scale of upper part of body with small dark spot. Silver band 

 from upper lip to lower orbital edge. Fin membranes more or 

 less dusky, soft dorsal, anal and caudal with lighter edges. Length 

 207 mm. (Ogilby and McCulloch). 



TERAPON KNERI Bleeker 



Therapon kneri Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N4erland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, p. 115 



(on Knee). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 211 (type of 



Therapon maculatus ; Fiji, Suva). 

 Therapon argenteus (not Cuvter) Kneb, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 58, 



1868, p. 299, pi. 1, fig. 1. Kandavu, Fiji. 

 Therapon maculatus Kendall and Goldsbobough, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 



26, 1911, p. 288, pi. 4, fig. 2. Suva, Fiji. 

 Mesopristefi plumbcus (part) Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1918, p. 36. 



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