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faded dull brown. Pale median band from lower hind eye edge to 
caudal base medianly, narrow at first and little wider behind. Nar- 
row pale band along back parallel and above lateral line, rather 
obscure. 
PAGRUS SPINIFER Forskal. 
Head, 3; depth, 12; D. XI, 10,1; A. IIT, 8, 1; tubular scales 50 in 
lateral line to caudal base and 1 more on latter; 7 scales above lateral 
line to soft dorsal origin, 18 below to spinous anal origin; 45 pre- 
dorsal scales forward till over nostrils; snout, 12 in head; eye, 32; 
maxillary, 3; interorbital, 3{. Gill-rakers, 7-10, strong obtuse 
points, little less than one-third of gill-filaments, which 14 in eye. 
Seales with 9 to 11 basal radiating striae, rather obtuse apical den- 
ticles 80 to 90 and circuli fine. Dorsal filaments long and slender, 
reach little beyond caudal base. Pectoral extends back opposite tip 
of depressed second anal spine. Color in alcohol with back drab, 
below whitish, everywhere overshot with silvery-white. Fins pale. 
Length, 210 mm. Takao. 
LETHRINUS HARAK (Forskal). 
Head, 3; depth, 3; D. X, 9,1; A. IIT, 8, 1; tubular scales 44 in 
lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 5 scales above 
lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 14 below to spinous anal origin; 
9 predorsal scales; snout 2 in head; eye 4; maxillary 22; inter- 
orbital 32. Gill-rakers, 5+-5, obtuse, knob-like, 2 in gill-filaments, 
which 21 in eye. Scales with 13 to 16 basal radiating striae, and 4 
incomplete auxiliaries, 108 to 140 apical denticles, circuli very fine. 
Color in alcohol dull olive-brown, faded pale below. Each row of 
scales medianly with slightly darker streak than body color. Just 
below lateral line, under last dorsal spines dusky-brown obscure 
blotch, much larger than eye. Soft dorsal and caudal with very 
faint traces of darker bands, as about three longitudinally on 
former and four transversely on latter. Length, 280 mm. 
Also two smaller, 140 to 146 mm. long. Zamboanga. Head, 
24 to 2%: depth, 24 to 22; D. X, 9,1; A. III, 8,1: tubular scales 46 in 
lateral line to caudal base and 1 or 2 more on latter; 6 rows of scales 
above lateral Jine to spinous dorsal origin, 5 above to soft dorsal 
origin, 14 or 15 below to spinous anal origin; 9 or 10 predorsal 
scales; head width, 24 to 24 in its length; snout, 2§ to 25; eye, 
32 to 3%; maxillary, 23 to 2%; interorbital, 44 to 44; pectoral, 175 to 
14. Snout conic, width 14 to 14 in its length. Jaws about even or 
lower very slightly included. Maxillary opposite hind nostril. Teeth 
conic, even hind ones, which hardly molar. Gill-rakers, 5 or 6+-5 or 
6, half of gill-filaments, which 24 in eye. Scales small and crowded 
