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Nothing can therefore be said about tiie ventrals and anal. Of 



the pectorals and tiie pectoral-girdle onlj' some rudiments are present. 



As said above, the scales are well preserved, although most of 



Scales of C. (S.) brouwer i X 2. 



Lutjanus spec. X Va- 



them are dislocated and shifted in a dorsal direction. Some of them 



are 'even quite isolated, which facilitates however their examination. 



In comparing the scales with those of related species, we discover 



the greatest likeness with the scales of Clupea perforata and Jim- 



