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lo. ENGYPROSOPON LATIFRONS (Regan). 



Sctsops latifrons, Regan, 1908, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., xii, p. 233, pi. xxv, fig. 3. 



Depth of body i| to twice in the length, length of head 3^ to 4. Snout as long as 

 or shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3 to 4 in length of head ; interorbital space 

 concave, width i to i i times (,^) or \ to f (^) diameter of eye ; anterior edge of upper 

 eye above middle of lower. Rostral spine present in the male, but no orbital spines. 

 Ma.xillary e.xtending to below anterior j of eye, length 2j to 2J in that of head. Teeth 

 of upper jaw biserial anteriorly (at least in adults). 6 to 8 gill-rakers of moderate 

 length on lower part of anterior arch. About 40 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 80-90. 

 Anal 58-67. Pectoral of ocular side with 12 rays, length § that of head ; upper ray 

 scarcely prolonged in male. Pale brownish, with traces of dark spots and markings 

 on body and median fins. 



Fig. 160. — Engyprosupon latifrons. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist). 

 Distribution. — Indian Ocean. 

 Specimens Examined : 



4 (3 <?, 75-88 ; 1 $, 73 mm.). Paratypes. 

 2 (?. 72 ; (J, 92 mm.). Holotype (92 mm.) 

 and paratype. 



2 (cJ 64. 93 mm.). Paratypes. 



3 y, 71-86 ,, .). 



B.M. (\.H.) 1907. 3. 23. 143, 144. 

 Reg. No. 1907.3.27. 143. 



Seychelles, 37 fms. 



Saya de .Vlalha Bank, 47 fn 



Cargados Carajos, 

 Maldives. 



II. ENGYPROSOPON NATALENSIS, Regan. 



EngypTOSopon nataUnsis, Regan, 1920, .\nn. Durban Mus., ii, p. 211 ; Von Bonde, 1925, Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S. Afr., xii, p. 2SS. 



Close to E. latifrons. Depth of body twice in the length, length of head 3^. 

 Diameter of eye 3J to 3J in length of head, twice (^) or 3 times (5) interorbital width ; 

 anterior edge of upper eye above anterior part of lower. Rostral spine present in the 



