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Dorsal fin originating above the pectoral axil, with xiv 21 rays, the soft 
portion 1-4 in the spinous; 1st spine rather short, about one third of the last, 
which is 1-55 in the longest ray and 6-2 in tlie body-length; procumbent spine 
if present concealed; soft dorsal with acutely pointed outline, the 6th ray longest, 
the hinder border undulou.s. Caudal lin rounded, the middh» rays longer than 
the outer, 5*55 in the length of tlie body. Anal tin with iii 20 rays, originating 
below the 10th dorsal spine, the first spine 245 in the last, which is l-do in the 
middle atid longest rays and 7-35 in the body-length; soft portion with evenly 
rounded outline, a little shorter than the soft dorsal. Jhn*toral with 1!) rays, its 
length 3*8 in that of the body, the 4th ray longest, extending to below the 6th 
dorsal spine. Ventral a little longer than the pectoral, tlie spine 1-55 in the 
outer ray, which is not produced, is 3-7 in the body-length, and reaches to the 
vent. 
Body i)urplish brown, with numerous narrow orange hands, which are 
continued on the soft doi'sal and in a less degna* on the anal fins, those on the 
ni)per half of the body Avith a genera] inclination ui)wards, on the lower half 
horizontal or Avith a trh'ial declination, hut ahvays curved aavII upwards 
posteriorly; scapular, ])ectoi’al and tlioracic regions, and branchiostegal 
membranes uniform blackish. Head gianmish y(‘lloAA'; a bi'oad black frontal hand, 
Avhich decreases in Avidth from al)Ove, passes downwards tlirougli th(‘ eye and 
along the preo]>ercular border to tin* spiiu\ Avhich is dull bine. Dorsal 1in AAuth 
a broad fnlA'ons marginal band throughout : caudal y(‘llow: anal and pectorals 
pnr])lisli, the latter widely bordered with dull yellov'; ventrals giaamisli yellow. 
E/ytutflogy: — laitin, impprator, emperor ; so named l)(‘caus(‘ the older 
Dutch AA'i'iters on the iMolucens called it ‘U^mpppnfr pin Japon/^ 
Rpfj. Xpj. of Queensland 51useum specimen described: — T. 14/1711. 
.]fcasi(}'f})ip)tts of the speeimeii See p. 116. 
Jiangc : — Drom the Red Sea and the Bast Coast of Africa, ^Madagascar 
and Mauritius, eastAvard through the seas of India and the IMalay Arcliipelago 
to the Society and Paumotu (Troiii)s and nortlnvard to China and Guam, 
^Misled by the name giveii to this line s])ecies by the earlier Dutch historians 
of the natural history of tlie Spice Islands, Hiocli ami thos(? immediately follow- 
ing him gave the habitat as Jajian, Avhere, hoAviwer, it has not as yet been found. 
This error Avas not correct(Ml until lcS31, Avhen Vahmci(mnes announced its true 
distriliution as tlie ‘‘AA^arm jiarts of the Indian Sinis” from the i\Io]nccas to 
IManritins. To this Klnndinger added the R(h 1 Sea and Bleeker China and 
^ladagasear, while Giinther extended its range in an easterly direction to the 
far-off Society and Paumotu Groui)S and Seale in a northerly to the ^Mariannes. 
Coming nearer home Bleeker in 1878 recorded it from Xew Guinea, Avhile our 
specimen, so far the only Australian representative, comes from Raine Island, 
an outlier of the Barrier Reef about the latitude of Somerset, N.Q. 
Einiensions : — Grows to 380 millim. 
