SMEAR DAB. 
189 
Dab; tail much, more circular than in that fish. Colour 
generally a fine light brown, redder on the cheeks, the 
whole finely yariegated, darker mottlings in irregular ocellated 
circles, bent lines along the roots of the dorsal rays, broken 
into spots posteriorly; fins more yellow. Fin rays — dorsal 
ninety, anal seventy-three, pectoral nine, ventral five, caudal 
sixteen. 
