Ii82 C1C1ILID.E. 



1. DOCIMODUS JOHNSTONII. 

 Bouleng. II. cc, fig. ; 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 4^ 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 1 2 

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



Fig. 192. 



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Docimodus johnsionii . 

 Type(P. Z. S. 1896). 



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

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

 dorsal. C'audal peduncle nearly li times as long as deep. Scales 

 33-34 j^j ; 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. 



Ujipcr iShirc River. 



1-2. Types. Ulipor" Sliin^. 11,-. Pprcy Keiuhill CC!.) ; 



Sir H. H. .Tolin.^ton (I'.). 



