DIAGRAM MA, 



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the fourtli, which measures | to ^ length of head and equals longest 

 soft rays. Anal III 7-8 ; second spine very strong, longest, longer than 

 any of the dorsals. Pectoral about | length of head. Caudal truncate 

 or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 

 80-100 251^8- Greyish brown, uniform or with a darker network, or 

 with light transverse streaks. 



Total length 260 millim. 



East Coast of Africa to Coasts of India. — Type in Paris Museum. 



1. Hgr. Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



2-5. Ad., hgr., & yg., „ 



skins. 

 r». IV. Seychelles, in a mountain „ 



torroiit. 



1' i<r. 04. 



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Diagrmnma macrolepis. 

 Type (A. M. C). |. 



2. DIAGRAMMA MACROLEPIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 50, pi. xxvi. (1899;, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 



p. 388 (1901). 

 D'mgramma crassispinum (non Rupp.), Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 6. 



Depth of body 2| to 2f times in total length, length of head 3| to 

 3^ times. Upper profile of head descending in a steep curve; snout 

 as long as or a little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 4 times in length of 



