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length (without the caudal fin) . The eye is contained 

 6 times in the length of the head, exclusive of the 

 lower jaw, and l^ times in the length of the snout. 

 The interorbital space is equal to the diameter of the 

 eye ; the maxillary extends backward be^nd a verti- 

 cal from the posterior margin of the eye. Serrature 

 of the posterior margin of the preoperculum very fine. 

 Dorsal spines about equal in length ; the longest be- 

 ing 3|- times in the length of the head; caudal fin 

 slightly rounded ; second and third anal spines equal 

 in length and strength, longer than the longest dorsal 

 spine, ventrals nearly reach the anus ; pectorals but 

 little more than half the length of the head. 



In life the head, body and fins are orange yellow, 

 longitudinally striped by 13 or 14 purple or violet 

 stripes each one being about ^ of an eye-diameter in 

 width; sometimes these stripes anoestomose, some- 

 times they are broken into elongated spots. Dorsat 

 with a broad purple longitudinal band ; anal with two 

 similar bands. 



Pogonoperca reticulata Steind. M. S. 



D. 7i-. A. f. 



The height of the body is 3i in the total length, 

 the length of the head 3f in the same. The diameter 

 of the eye is equal to the length of the snout and is 

 contained 4i times in the length of the head. The 

 width of the interorbital space is a little more than one 

 half the diameter of the eye. The maxillary extends 



