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D, XII or XIII, 11, fifth spine 1% in head, second ray 1%; 

 A. Ill, 10, second spine 2, first ray 1%; caudal ll^, truncate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2^/^ ; pectoral 1% ; ventral 1^. 



Broad dark shoulder spot. Body with 4 dark cross bars, first 

 incomplete below anterior dorsal spines and last on caudal peduncle. 

 Dark bars and spots below and behind eye. Soft dorsal, anal and 

 caudal with dark spots. Length 210 mm. (Waite, Ogilby, 

 McCulloch.) 



Western Australia. 



TEKAPON CANCELLATUS (Cuvier) 



Datnia cancellata Cuvier, Hist. Nat, Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p, 144. No locality 

 (collection Kuhx and Van Hasslet, likely from Java). 



Therapon cancellatus Guntheb, Cat. Fish, Brit, Mus,, vol. 1, 1859, p. 276 

 (copied).— Bleekek, Atlas Ichth, Ind. N6erlaud., vol. 7, 1873-1876, pi. (32) 

 310, fig. 4.— Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, 

 p. 13 (Manado, Celebes). — Weber, Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. Austral,, 

 vol. 5, 1895, p. 262 (Ambon). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull, Bur. Fisher,, 

 vol, 27, 1907 (1908), p, 258 (Mindoro), 



Therapon (Datnia) cancellatus Petb^is, Monatsb, Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, 

 p. 256 (Loquilocum, Sancar ; Bureauen River, Leyte). — Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, p. 116 (Java, Celebes, Amboina). 



Therapon interruptus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 

 1883, p. 258. Fresh water of Normanby Island, New Guinea. — Fowlee, 

 Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 211 (compiled). 



Therapon (Datnia) interruptus Ogilby and McCulloch, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., vol. 5, 1916, p. 114, pi. 10, fig. 2 (types). 



Depth 2% to 2% ; head 2% to 3, width lx% to 21/5. Snout 23/5 

 to 3 in head; eye 3 to 4%, ll^ to 1% in snout, lyV to 1% in inter- 

 orbital, greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches eye 

 in young, reaches I14 in eye with age, expansion 1% to 2i^ in eye, 

 length 2% to 3l^ in head; lips rather broad and fleshy; teeth in jaws 

 small, simple, conic, in 5 irregular rows with outermost slightly 

 enlarged, none on palate or tongue; interorbital 3% to 41/5, broadly 

 convex; preopercle edge with 21 small denticles; suborbital with 

 several short, weak denticles above maxillary expansion. Gill rakers 

 10 + 18, lanceolate, short, li/^ in gill filaments, wliich ll^ in eye. 



Scales 53 to 58 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 more on latter ; 

 tubular scales 50 to 53 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 or 6 more 

 on latter; 11 or 12 scales above lateral line, 20 or 21 below, 14 to 16 

 predorsal forward to occiput, 8 or 9 rows on cheek. Suprascapula 

 finely denticulate. Scales with 8 or 9 basal radiating striae; apical 

 denticles 44 to 75, slender, small, with 6 to 13 transverse basal ele- 

 ments; circuli very fine. 



D. XII, 10, I, fifth spine I34 to 2 in head, first ray II/2 to 1% ; 

 A. Ill, 8, I or 9, I, second spine 1% to 2, first ray I14 to 1% ; caudal 

 1 to ll^, deeply emarginate ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2i/^ to 3 ; 

 pectoral 1^4 to 1%; ventral l^^j to 1%. 



