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ABUDEFDUF Forskal. 

 57. ABUDEFDUF UNIMACULATUS ( Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



{<i/l//llli.^O(loi) (li.spar GtJNTHER. ) 



Five specinieus. 



Family L ABRIDGE. 



CHCEROPS Ruppell. 



58. CHCEROPS SCHCENLEINI (Agassiz). 



One speeimen, apparently identieal with the original Cossyphus 

 sr/itrn/rini, of Agassiz and Cuvier and Valenciennes from Celebes, hut 

 not the ('Jid'wps ticliamhinl of IMeeker. 



Head, 3; depth, 2.50; eye, 6.75 in head; \). XIll, 7; A. Ill, 10; scales, 

 •1-2U-6, the tulnde of each scale in lateral line with many branches, 7 



Fig. 7. — Churops schcenleini. 



rows of scales on cheeks; preopercle limV) bare; snout, 2.10 in head; 

 interor))ital, 5 in head. 



Body oblong, compressed; anterior pro tile of head rather aljrupt, 

 the snout haying an angle of more than 45- ; depth of caudal peduncle, 

 2.20 in head; mouth of moderate size, the angle is ])elow the anterior 

 nostril; teeth as usual in the genus, a posterior canine on each side 

 of upper jaw, the four anterior canines in each jaw rather large; 

 six rows of scales in front of dorsal with some additional rudimentary 

 scales on nudial region; the yentral tins and the posterior rays of dor- 

 sal and anal elongate; the posterior ra^'s of dorsal reaching to caudal, 

 the longest ray being, 1.3i> in head; base of anal, 1.15 in head, about 2 

 in base of dorsal, its longest ray, 1.50 in head; yentrals greater than 



