PARETKOPLUS. 507 



longest, about f length of head, shorter than soft rays. Anal VIII-IX 

 13-14 ; last spine longest, as long as or a little longer than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral not quite | length of head. Ventral reaching anal. Caudal 

 feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle about 1| times as deep as long. 

 Scales 32-34 j^^J.-^ ; lateral lines ^^. Olive or brown, uniform or with 

 very indistinct darker bars ; pectoral yellowish. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Madagascar. — Type in I.eyden "Museum. 

 1-2. Ad. Tamatave. Rev. W. D. Cowan ((".). 



3. Skel. 

 4- Ad. Imerina. Rev. K. Baron (C). 



