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towards apices brown, towards bases yellow ; bases of 



pectoral fins bluish- white, finely spotted with orange; 



rest reddish-brown ; tail even, or only very slightly 



rounded, with the hinder edge narrowly marginated with 



white. Eyes orange. 



A full-grown specimen of this fish measures about two and a half 

 feet ; it inhabits the ocean along the East coast of Africa, particularly 

 about Algoa Bay, where it is frequently caught, and highly esteemed as 

 an article of food. 



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