DIAGRAMMA. 



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the fourth, Avhich measures f 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 25=^- 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- Ilgr- Zanzibar. Sir L. Playfair (P.). 



2-5. Ad., hgr., & yg., 



skins. 

 C. Yg. Seychelles, in a mountain ,, 



torrent. 



Fig. 94. 



Diagramma macrolejjis. 

 Type (A. M. C). |-. 



2. DIAGRAMMA MACROLEPIS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 50, {)1. xxvi. (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 



p. 388 (1901). 

 Diagramma crassispinum (non Riipp.), Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 6. 



Depth of body 2-g- to 2f times in total length, length of head 3y to 

 85^ 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 



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