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HELOTES LORENTZI Weber 



Helotes lorentsi Weber, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 32, 1910, p. 236. Lorentz 

 River, New Guinea; Nova Guinea, vol. 9, pt. 4, 1913, p. 586, fig. 36 (Lo- 

 rentz River at Regen Island). — Fovfleb, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, 

 p. 212 (compiled). 



Depth 21^; head 3% to 33/5. Snout 234 in head; eye 4 to 41/2, 

 114 in snout, l^^ in interorbital ; maxillary reaches half way in snout, 

 length 514 in head; teeth tri dentate, in about 3 rows; palate tooth- 

 less; interorbital convex; preopercle edge serrate. 



Scales 52 to 54 in lateral line ; 6 or 7 scales above lateral line, 13 or 

 14 below, 15? predorsal, 5 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 



D. XIII or XIV, 11 to 13, sixth spine 1% in head, first ray 22/3 ; 

 A. Ill, 9, second spine 2, first ray 2l^ ; caudal 1%, little emarginate 

 behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 ; pectoral II/2 ; ventral I14. 



Dark brown, especially back, scales on side and belly with sheen 

 on each medially. Unpaired fins blackish, with light edges. Pec- 

 toral dark basally, light terminally. Length 204 mm. (Weber.) 



HELOTES SEXLINEATUS (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Terapon sexlineatus Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., Jan. 29-May 26, 

 1825, p. 340, pi. 60, fig. 1. Shark Bay, Australia. 



Helotes 6 lineatus Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 2, ed. 2, 1829, p. 144 (name only). 



Helotes sex lineatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, pi. 56 (Australia and 

 Shark Bay). 



Helotes sexlineatus GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 285 

 (copied). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Diei'k., vol. 2, 1865, p. 31 (Manila 

 Bay). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 46, pi. 3, fig. 1 (Java and 

 Manila). — Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2. 1873, p. 

 129 (Western Australia) ; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 3, 1878, 

 p. 370 (Port Jackson). — KAroli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, 

 p. 153 (Singapore). — Weber, Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. Austral., vol. 5, 

 1895, p. 263 (Thursday Island).— Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol 

 30, 1905, p. 84 (Bale d'Along, Tonkin ) .—Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 

 1918, p. 63 (Philippines) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1920, p. 642 

 (Philippines; Melbourne, Australia). 



Pelates sexlineatus CuviEai, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 149 (Sandwich 

 Islands; not Port Jackson specimen), — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1927, p. 281 (Philippines). 



Therapon (Helotes) sexlineatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, 

 1873-1876, p. 118 (Singapore, Bintang, Biliton, Java?, Ceram, Philippines) ; 

 vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. (64)342, fig. 5. 



Depth 31/2 to 4; head S% to 4, width I2/3 to 1%. Snout 31/3 to 

 3% in head ; eye 4 to 4^8, slightly greater than snout to I14 in snout, 

 1 to 1^ in interorbital, maxillary reaches beyond hind nostril or to 

 eye, expansion 314 to 4 in eye, length 3I/2 to 3% in head ; teeth com- 

 pressed, expanded terminally somewhat with 3 denticles, in 5 ir- 

 regular rows; interorbital 3^/^ to 4i/4, broadly convex; preopercle 

 edge with 34 denticles, little larger around corner; lower opercular 



