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Therapon cuvieri Bleekek, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 6, 1854, p. 211. 

 Kupang. — GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 282 (New- 

 South Wales, Port Jackson, Sydney, Port Essington, Australia). — Pla.y- 

 FAiB, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 23 (Zanzibar; Aden). — Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, 1873-1876, pi. (37) 315, fig. 2.— Macleay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 2, 1878, p. 348 (Port Darwin).— 

 Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, 1878, p. 370 (Port 

 Jackson). — KAeoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 153 

 (Singapore). — Meyee, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, 

 p. 13 (Ternate).— Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 369 (Queensland).— 

 Waitb, Sea Fisher. Rep. Thetis, 1898, p. 23 (ofe Shoalhaven Bight in 20 

 fathoms). — Jatzow and Lenz, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., vol. 21, 

 1899, p. 501 (Kibueni Island, Zanzibar). — Seale, Philippine Joum. Sci., 

 vol. 9, No. 1, 1914, p. 66 (Hong Kong), 



Therapon cuvierii Pohl, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, 1884, p. 27 (Viti). 



Depth 2% to 3; head 3 to 31/5, width 1% to 2. Snout 2% to 3 

 in head; eye 31^ to 3%, li^ to ll^ in snout, greater than inter- 

 orbital in young; maxillary not quite reaching to eye in young, 

 reaches eye with age, expansion 3 to 3l^ in eye, length 3l^ to 3% in 

 head; teeth fine, simple, conic, in 4 or 5 irregular rows in jaws, with 

 outer row enlarged; palate and tongue toothless; interorbital 3"% to 

 4%, very slightly convex; 30 to 35 denticles along preopercle edge, 

 larger at angle; lower preorbital edge serrated. Gill rakers 18 + 22, 

 lanceolate, equal gill filaments or 21^ in eye. 



Scales 70 to 73 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 to 7 more on 

 latter; 12 to 14 scales above lateral line, 23 below, 15 to 17 predorsal 

 forward to occiput, 5 rows on cheek. Suprascapula denticulate. 

 Scales with 10 to 19 basal radiating striae ; apical denticles 12 to 27, 

 moderate, with 2 or 3 transverse series of basal elements; circuli 

 very fine. 



D. XII, 10, I, fifth spine 11/2 to 13^ in head, first ray 1% to 1% I 

 A. Ill, 10, I, second spine 2l^ to 21/2, first ray 1% to 1% ; caudal 

 1% to ll^, little emarginate, truncate as expanded; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3 to 31/3; pectoral 1% to 11/2; ventral I1/3 to 1%. 



Back light drab brown, side below and under surface whitish, 

 with silvery reflections. Six horizontal deep brown bands; first 

 along spinous dorsal base ; second from predorsal to soft dorsal front ; 

 third from above eye to upper edge of caudal peduncle; fourth from 

 snout tip to eye and then across opercle and flank to median upper 

 caudal rays basally ; fifth from maxillary end to pectoral axil and to 

 median lower caudal rays basally ; sixth from below pectoral base till 

 above soft anal. Iris yellowish brown. Fins all pale brown. Large 

 blackish blotch on front of spinous dorsal medianly. Soft dorsal 

 with outer border slightly darker broadly and basally dark blotch 

 before each ray. Diffuse large dark blotch, variably present in pre- 

 served specimens, on side of predorsal about size of eye. 



