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none of the rays prolonged. Caudal pointed. Vertebra; 10 + 28 — 30. Greyish, 

 brownish or blackish, usually covered with greyish or bluish spots and ocelli (made 

 up of similar spots narrowly edged with darker) ; sometimes nearly uniformly brown' ; 

 generally a diffuse dark blotch at junction of straight and curved parts of lateral line, 

 and another, more distinct, on middle of straight portion ; coloration of median fins 

 similar to that of body ; pectoral generally with small brown spots. 



I-IG. l6g.—Botkus podas. (J B.M. (N.H.) 61 .5 . 19.42 ; ? B.M. (N.H.) 79.5 . 14 .55. X J. 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Mediterranean and adjacent parts of Atlantic, westwards to 

 the Azores and southwards to Angola. 

 Specimens Examined : 



3 {90-98 mm.) 

 (135 mm.). 

 ) 



I (100 

 1 (125 

 I (90 

 I (87 

 I (35 



1 (144 



2 (130, 



1 (127 



2 (200, 207 r 

 3(152-170 



3 (133-195 

 I (200 mm.). 

 I (128 „ ). 

 I {38 „ ). 



3 (55-72 mm 



-Mediterranean. 



Askalon. 

 Cyprus. 

 Sicily. 



Messina. 



Cannes. 



Nice. 



Lazarote. 



.Madeira. 



St. Vincent, C 

 C. Verde Is., 

 Elephant Ba^ 



Verde Is. 

 -6 fms. 

 , .\ngola, 23-0 fn 



Carmichael. 

 Swainson. 



Milan Mus. 



Giinther. 



Deakin. 



Lowe. 



Baring and Gra 



Johnson. 



Powell. 



Zool. Soc. 



*' Challenger." 



'■ Discovery." 



Also one from the Azores (Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



This species appears to grow to a larger size in the Atlantic than in the Mediter- 

 ranean, but I am unable to detect any other differences between specimens from the 

 two regions. 



According to Kyle 



15 



: has been rubbed. 



