322 



Ufxords of the S.A. Museum 

 1-ig- 5''- 



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D.iy-21 (22): P. 14 (15): A. 4: Annuli 114-38-42: sub-dorsal aniuili 3-44-1: 

 brood annul i 1-24-3-4. 



Snout 30 in the head: eye 2-: in the snout and '1-3 in the head: head ahuut 

 1 -5 in the trunk. 



Snout short, about two-thirds as long as the postorbital portion of the head: 

 the supraor1)itaI ridges converge to form an elevation in front of the e\"es and each 

 terminates posteriorlv in a blunt spine over the middle of the eye: eye almost 

 encircled with a series of low tubercles: a small spine in advance of the ele\'ate.i 

 occiinit. which has some blunt knobs on its summit: a small spine at the upper 



I'iK. 50 llif^puciiiiiftiis hnviccp.s. male ami female. 



angle of the opercle a)id two or three others on its hinder margin: opercles with 

 raised, radiating lines. I'.ase of dorsal fin elevated. The upper body ridge termui- 

 ates below the end of the dors.al fin : the n])per angle of the tail, which is (|nadran- 

 gular in section, commences on one of the last two body scutes: meilian bileral 

 ridge continuous with lower caudal ridge: lower lateral ridge terminates op])osite 



