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The upper profile, between the end of snout and commencement of dorsal, forms 
nearly a quadrant, the centre of which lies between the roots of the pectorals and ventrals ; 
the lower profile is nearly straight between the snout and anal. The diameter of the eye 
is contained three times and a half in the length of the head. The height of the body is 
contained three times and a half in the total length ; the length of the head is one-fourth 
of the same. The distance of end of dorsal from caudal is greater than the height of 
the tail below the former. Dorsal not notched, with moderately strong spines, of 
which the third is longest ; it is contained twice and a half in the length of the head ; 
the scaly sheath covers the basal third of the soft dorsal. The second anal spine is 
shorter but stronger than the third, which is contained twice and two-thirds in the 
length of the head. Caudal scarcely emarginate. 
Colour uniform grey; fins blackish. Length 10 inches. 
Zanzibar. Japanese seas. 
73. Diagramma centurio. [701.] 
Diagramma centurio, Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 308 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 322. 
D. . A. f. L. lat. ca. 105. 
The height of the body is contained three times and a third, and the length of the head 
four times and a fifth in the total length. The diameter of the eye is contained four 
times in the length of the head, and once and a half in that of the snout. The upper 
maxillary does not reach the vertical from the front margin of orbit. Prseoperculum 
with the posterior limb oblique, the angle rounded, the serrature strong, stronger and 
wider apart at the angle. Dorsal not notched ; the third spine is longest, and one-half 
the length of the head ; the soft portion is elevated posteriorly. Caudal emarginate. 
Colour grey ; head, back, sides, upper part of tail, dorsal, and sometimes caudal with 
brownish-yellow spots, becoming blackish in a dried state. 
Length 16 inches. 
Seychelles. 
74. Diagramma gaterina. [22.] 
Sciaena gaterina, Forsk. p. 50. 
Diagramma gaterina, Cuv. Val. v. p. 301, pi. 125 ; R'dpp. Atlas, Fische, taf. 32. f. 1 ; Giinth. Fish. 
i. p. 322. 
Zanzibar. Aden. Bed Sea. 
75. Diagramma punctatum. [17, 84, 528.] 
Diagramma punctatum, ( Ehrenb .) Cuv. Val. v. p. 302 ; Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 126, t. 32. f. 2 ; 
Quoy Gairn. Voy. Astrolabe, Poiss. pi. 12. f. 2, p. 699 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 323. 
cinerascens, Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 307 (adult) ; Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 127. 
Zanzibar. Aden. Bed Sea. Seas of India, Java, and China. 
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