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diameter 3 in length of head, nearly 1 from end of snout and 

 also apart. Fins dorsal spines slender, increasing in length to 

 the fourth, which equals three sevenths of the height of the body. 

 Second anal spine stronger but shorter than the third, which equals 

 three tenths of the height of the body ; caudal forked. Colour 

 olive, with a deep black band, one scale wide, from the snout 

 through the eye to above the base of the caudal fin. Fins imma- 

 culate. 



Hab. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. At least 5 inches 

 long. 



698. (6.) Scolopsis cancellatus. (Fig. 158.) 



Scolopsides cancellatus, Cuv, 8f Val. 11. N. Poiss. v, p. 351. 

 Scolopsis cancellatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 86, pi. xxii, fig. 6 (see 

 synon.). 



to. 10/9. P. 15. A. 3/7. C. 17. L. 1. 44. L. tr. 3|/14. 



Length of head 4, height of body 4 in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 2| in length of head, | from end of snout, and f apart. 

 ScaMess portion of the head studded with fine open pores. Pre- 

 orbilal spine moderate, fluted. Fins dorsal spines weak, increas- 

 ing in length to the fifth ; second anal spine stronger but a little 

 shorter than the third. Colour greyish above and whitish below 

 the lateral line ; a white streak from snout to base of first dorsal 



Fig. 158. Scolopsis cancellatus. 



spine ; a second from over orbit to posterior end of dorsal ; a third 

 from the eye to opposite the end of pectoral ; a fourth from middle 

 of eye to upper third of caudal. Several wide but irregular dark 

 vertical bands from the back to the middle of the body. A black 

 spot between the first and third dorsal spines in their lower half. 

 The longitudinal bands are more distinct and regular in the young 

 than in the adult, and the black spot on the spinous dorsal usually 

 disappears with age. 



h 'ab. Andamans, the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



