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.1. DOCIMODUS JOHNSTONIL 

 Bouleng. I], cc, fio-. ; Pellegr. 1. c. 



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

 Head twice as long as broad, with curved upper profile ; snout as broad 

 as long, a little shorter than postocular part of head ; eye 4i times in 

 length of head, 1^ times in interorbital width; mouth extending to 

 between nostril and eye ; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek, depth 

 of scaly part greater than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 8-9; spines in- 



Fig. 192. 



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Docimochis joJinsionii . 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1896). 



creasing in length to the fifth, which is f length of head. Anal Til 

 9-10 ; third spine as long as and much thicker than last or penultimate 

 dorsal. ^ Caudal peduncle nearly 1^, times as long as deep. Scales 

 33-34 fj,; lateral lines "?,. A black stripe along the posterior half of 

 the body, between the lateral lines ; soft dorsal with round dark spots. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Tapper Shire Iliver. 



■^ir JI. ri. Jolm-toii (IM, 



