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six and a half inches. Mr. Baker's example was seven inches. 

 In both these last the irides were orange colour, the pupil 

 blueish black ; the upper part of the back and sides pale 

 carmine, still lighter below, and passing to silvery white on 

 the belly ; the body divided by seven transverse orange- 

 coloured bands reaching three-fourths of the distance from 

 the back downwards. The Mount's Bay specimen, accord- 

 ing to Dr. Boas, had no bands. All the fin-rays the same 

 colour as the back ; the membranes much lighter. 



