Revision of Plesiops — INGER 
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body scales cycloid anteriorly, ctenoid be- 
hind; all scales above upper lateral line cy- 
cloid; below lateral line scales cycloid before 
a line running from tenth to twelfth lateral 
line scale, curving forward several scales in 
mid-line, then backward to base of soft anal; 
about eight predorsals; dorsal and anal fins 
with low sheath of cycloid scales. 
Color (in alcohol) dark brown or blackish; 
head and body often with small bluish spots; 
TABLE 3 (Continued) 
P. nigricans 
P. multisquamata 
P. cephalotaenia 
P. oxycephalus 
P. coeruleolineatus 
P. corallicola 
Upper lateral line scales 17 
1 
1 
18 
11 
5 
19 
18 
19 
+ 
5 
2 
41 
27 
20 
+ 
1 
18 
15 
21 
+ 
1 
1 
1 
22 
+ 
23 
+ 
24 
25 
4 
26 
+ 
27 
4 
28 
4 
29 
4 
30 
4 
Lower lateral line scales 6 
2 
2 
7 
4 
1 
2 
8 
5 
1 
1 
9 
2 
2 
19 
10 
3 
18 
11 
2 
2 
18 
3 
12 
1 
2 
14 
6 
13 
4 
5 
20 
14 
+ 
+ 
27 
15 
4 
4 
4 
16 
4 
4 
3 
17 
4 
4 
18 
4 
19 
4- 
Mid-lateral scales 21 
1 
4 
- 1 
22 
1 
1 
34 
4 
23 
4 
4 
3 
20 
22 
24 
4 
9 
4 
4 
20 
25 
+ 
1 
4 
26 
4 
27 
4 
28 
4 
29 
+ 
30 
4 
31 
4 
32 
4 
33 
4 
34 
4 
