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Fig. 4. Diagrams of dental patterns of species of Parapercis: S, muronis; T, sexfasciata; U, mimaseana; 
V , multifasciatus and aurantiaca; W , binivirgata. 
DIAGNOSIS: Six canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth absent; middle dorsal 
spines longest; membrane from spinous dorsal 
connected near base of first soft dorsal ray; 
dorsal spines y five; dorsal rays y 22; total anal 
rays y 19; caudal vertebrae y 19; no serrations 
on opercles; three dark stripes across inter- 
orbital space. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background brown on 
back, light tan ventrally, five brown bars extend 
from soft dorsal over the sides, the bars are 
narrower than the light interspaces; cheek 
brown; three dark stripes connecting eyes across 
the interorbital; two dark stripes reaching from 
anterior margin of each orbit to upper lip, the 
inner two of which are connected to each other 
by a transverse dark stripe; lower lip with a 
dark band on posterior 2 /y spinous dorsal black 
between spines I and V; soft dorsal with dark 
spots on distal part of rays and membranes; 
four or five wavy bars across posterior half of 
caudal; eight to ten oblique stripes on mem- 
branes between soft anal rays; pelvics dusky 
between rays. 
RANGE: From Bustard Head, Queensland to 
Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. 
