PAEETKOPLUS. 507 



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

 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 \^ times as deep as long. 

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



very indistinct darker bars ; pectoral yellowish. 

 Total length 165 millim. 

 Madagascar. — Type in Leyden Museum. 



]-2. Ad. Tamatave. Rev. W. D. Cowan (C). 



3. Skel. 



4 _A.d. Imerina. Rev. R. Baron (C). 



