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the fourth, which measures § 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 f- length of head. Caudal truncate 

 or feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales 

 80-100 23Zv§- Greyish brown, uniform or with a darker network, or 

 with light transverse streaks. 



Total length 200 millim. 



East Coast of Africa to Coasts of India. — Type in Paris Museum. 



1. Hgr. Zanzibar. Sir L. Play fair (P.). 



2-5. Ad., hgr., & yg.,- „ 



skins. 



6. Yg. 



Seychelles, in a 

 torrent. 



mountain 



Fig. 94. 



Diagramma macrohpis. 

 Type (A. M. C). §. 



2. DIAGRAMMA MACROLEPIS. 



Eoulcng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 50, pi. xxvi. (1809), and Poiss. Cass. Congo, 



p. 388 (1901). 

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



Depth of body 2^ to 2f times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 3 \ 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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