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back and sides of 7. pingelii, but the dorsal portion of the markings is 
very faint and the lower limits of the dark areas are the most intense 
and form a succession of elongate blotches along the median line of the 
body, partly below and partly on the lateral line. Dorsal fins with 3 
series of dark spots on the rays and spines, but not on the connecting 
membrane; these spots forming broken bands which are oblique on the 
first dorsal and nearly horizontal on the soft dorsal when the fins are 
raised. A crescent-shaped broken band crosses the top of the body at 
the ninth dorsal spine. A short, dark blotch near the root of the pee- 
toral on the 10th, 11th, and 12th rays. Another dusky blotch in the 
upper axil of the pectoral. Four dusky bars on the pectoral, the first 
of which is very short, involving only about five of the rays, the 2d and 
3d extending to the first exserted ray, and the 4th, which is near the tip 
of the fin, extending on the 7 upper rays only. Caudal dusky at base 
and with 4 bars, the first of which is faint in the middle and the last 
interrupted by the emargination of the fin. Lips and upper portion of 
maxilla dusky. A dark blotch on the interoperculum. Membrane 
lining the inner surface of the operculum dusky. Ventrals and anal 
whitish. 
