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anal ray, which is a lifctle longer than the longest dorsal ray] 

 Length of pectoral 1'05 in the length of the head, 2'50 in the 

 total length. Length of shortest caudal rays, 2-05 in the length 

 of the head. 



Scales : Snout and upper portion of head naked, with excep- 

 tion of small patch consisting of two rows of scales on the tem- 

 poral region, at a little distance from which the body scales begin. 

 Naked portions profusely covered with minute pores. Opercle 

 scaly. Interopercle with a single row of scales. Cheeks 

 with a long, narrow almost vertical irregular patch, consisting 

 of several rows cf scales ; otherwise naked and covered with pores 

 like those of the snout. Base of dorsal fin enveloped for about 

 two-sevenths of its length with a scaly sheath ; base of anal fin 

 likewise for about one-third of its length ; base of caudal fin also 

 scaly. 



Lateral line curving upward till the tenth and eleventh scales 

 are reached ; from there descending in almost a straight line to 

 the caudal peduncle ; being continued right out along the scaly 

 caudal sheath. 



Color : Ground color of body and head of a beautiful roseate 

 tinge. Pectoral fin yellowish -pink. Ventral fin with the rays 

 roseate, and the membrane black. Spinous dorsal fin with the 

 spines pinkish-white, and the membrane dusky, with the excep- 

 tion of the posterior portion, which is marbled with the same 

 roseate hue as the body. Soft dorsal with the rays roseate, the 

 upper portion of the membrane lying between the first and 

 seventh rays being dusky, while that between the remaining rays 

 is pinkish-white. Caudal fin rays roseate, membrane light pink, 

 the outer rays of the end of each lobe being dusky for about one- 

 third of the length. There are three broad bands of a deep red- 

 dish-brown ; one, the widest, crossing the body vertically, and 

 lying between the fourth and seventh dorsal spines, a little 

 greater in its breadth than the least depth of the caudal peduncle. 

 The first band runs from the first dorsal spine in an oUique 

 direction across the eye to the anterior portion of (he maxilla, 

 gradually narrowing as it reaches the latter. In its greatest, 

 width, which is a little above the eye, it is 1'25 the vertical 

 diameter of the *ye. The last band extends from the base of the 

 last dorsal spiiu 1 , is- boomerang-shaped, curving backwards i n i 



