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less to a limited miige tha/the BaH ^ W ^ 
wanders about over level crrm A occasionally 
to another; and in r.« ’ ^ on® tuft of sea- weed 
swalloAvs the baits of tb*^"^ ^ it sometimes meets with and 
.e™e<r Ihffl:"”* - the 
Others of this family and I b 
galath^a from its stomach It """ T'' of a large 
It is seldom th^Z ficb 
the shape more len^et thT ^ ^ 
rounder; the snout protruded, cZcal ^nd flfr 
and struited towards the mouth wUh a fl! I 
upper jaw a little the lon-resf nane ^ overlapping; 
regular row, slightly hooked*^ n ’ r “°^®t-ate; teeth in a 
in the mouth, above and beloAv^^^SM 'u Palate; veil 
covers, with only a slight border 
before the eyes lateral li i head or 
'i» in .ho B.u» w,ts! “E;rrat""r“i: “‘■“““‘y 
single dorsal Hn begins ab ’ rather large. The 
eighteen firm rTys Iped aTl Z 
one root; pectoral fifteet ’ll f‘"T 
first is firm; caudal fourteen. ^ ventral six, of which the 
Ihe colours differ in rlitr 
distribution than tint and tfr*"” ™P^os, but rather in 
specimen described, the eye was^ 22 ‘"’"‘^hant. In the 
Ochre yellow on the head with “" 1 °“ ^ 
the back brownish yellow so’fteniim ’•’’1° 
the belly pale redf all t’he ts m ’ ° "2^^ posteriorly, 
of the dorsal ante ioriy fine blur^b "t 
high on the body broad nuru! ' "■ 
softening into pale blue- \nl beT' ^''okward, and 
broken; a broad dash If Z mterwoven and 
above and below. lH all Z v" ■ " 
orange and yellow, with brilliamZr 
-he only spots are three or four of tb Purple prevail, 
seen on the membrane rf Z shots, rarely 
hones do not differ considerably Pharyngeal 
the Ballan Wrass. oxcept ui size, from those 0 / 
