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broadly over caudal peduncle to end of lower caudal lobe. End of 
upper caudal lobes and ventral blackish. Upper edges of soft dorsal 
and lower edges of soft anal white with black submarginal band. 
Length, 210mm. Zamboanga. 
Family THERAPONIDAE. 
THERAPON JARBUA (Forskal). 
Head, 31; depth, 22; D. XII, 10,1; A. ITI, 9,1; scales, 100 in lateral 
line to caudal base, tubular scales 90, and 4 more on caudal base; 15 
scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 18 above to spinous dorsal 
origin, 80 below to spinous anal origin; 25 predorsal scales; snout, 34 
in head; eye, 42; maxillary, 22; interorbital, 3. Gill-rakers 7+14, 
short thick strong points, 1% in filaments, which 14 in eye. Scales 
with 10 to 12 basal radiating striae, apical denticles 16 to 24, and cir- 
culi moderately coarse. Color in alcohol, dull brownish above, with 
some light blue-green reflections. Lower surface whitish. Body 
marked everywhere with bright silvery-white. Finsall pale. Spinous 
dorsal with large black blotch on upper three-fifths of front elevation 
and another on last three spines. Smaller black blotches, three on 
soft dorsal marginally. Above and behind suprascapula large dusky 
blotch, little larger than eye. Three parallel longitudinal dark or 
dusky-brown bands on back, upper close along dorsal bases, second 
begins as broad dark blotch on predorsal narrowing along lateral 
line and reflected obliquely across upper caudal lobe. Lowest band 
from below suprascapula, back medianly to caudal, extends medi- 
anly over caudal fin to its edge. Except upper tip of caudal fins other- 
wise pale. Length, 252 mm. Takao. 
THERAPON QUADRILINEATUS (Bloch). 
Head, 34 to 32; depth, 22° to 34; Di Mar 10: A. TT 20s 
scales, 80 to 92 along close above lateral line to caudal base, tubular 
scales in lateral line 63 to 67, and 6 to 8 more on latter; 13 to 15 
scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 14 to 16 above to spinous 
dorsal origin, 22 to 26 below to spinous anal origin; snout, 22 to 3 
inhead; eye,3ito4; maxillary, 31 to 34; interorbital,3ito3%. Gill- 
rakers, 17-+22 or 23, lanceolate, slightly less than filaments, which 
2 ineye. Scales with 7 to 18 basal radiating striae, apical denticles 
16 to 30, and circuli coarse. Color in alcohol, dull brownish above, 
pale below, most of body overshot with silvery reflections. Spinous 
dorsal with blackish edge and black elevated blotch forward. Soft 
dorsal and anal largely dusky marginally, also caudal. Four 
longitudinal deep brown parallel bands, uppermost from hind inter- 
orbital to front of soft dorsal basally, and second from above nostrils 
to soft dorsal base medianly. Third band from snout tip through 
