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hi ft 
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delphia^^^£§, p. 234 (Delagoa Bay)* 
Sparus robinsoni (nS^ILCHRIST and THOMPSON) FOWLRR, Proc. Acad. Nat. 
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Sci. Philadelphia, 122)^^^. 236 (Natal coast). 
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Depth 2V8 to 2 V 2 J head 3 ^4^-/2 ■> width 1 7 /q to 2. Snout 2 / 4 to 
2^/3 in head; eye 3V 6 to 4V 2 * l 7 /g to in snout , lV 6 to ltyg in inter- 
orbital; maxillary to eye in young, 72 in mth age, expansion lV 2 to 
1 P 3 
2 v g in eye, « length 2V g to 2 / g in head; 6 ftfjjpt incisors in each jaw, some- 
S 3 
times 8 below; upper molars triserial, lower bfpserial; interorbital 2 / 4 to 3 
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ments, which l 2 /g in eye. 
Scales 53 to 57 in lateral^Rne to caudal base and 2 to 10 more on 
latter, 5 to 8 above, 12 to 14 l|liow, 21 to 30 predorsal forward opposite eye 
center, 5 or 6 rows across jgjpek to preopercle ridge. Scales with 13 to 15 
basal radiating striae; 40.jpbsolete apical points with 2 or 3 transverse rows 
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of basal elements; circuli ne. 
D. J3, 12, X- or fourth spine 1 /^q to 2 in head, first ray 
2 V 2 to 2 V 5 J A. III. 11, I or UlL I, second spine 2V 4 . to 3 Va. first 
ray 
2 V 3 to 3 V 3 J caudal 1 to lVg* welft^orked; least depth of caudal peduncle 
2V2 to 2 °/ 4 ;ventral 1 V 4 to iVgJ pectiral 2y 3 to 3 V 4 in combined head and 
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body to caudal base. 
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Back pale olivaceous to brownish, Sides and under surface white, 
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everywhere with bright silvery-white reflections, brassy in alcohol specimens. 
Each row of scales on back and. upper sjjgEes often showing dark longitudinal band, 
median on each scale row. i ris whit^with silvery, often neutral shade above. 
Dorsal pale or grayish, monbranes brownish terminally. Caudal greyish, hind 
edge dusky. Other fins all pale of whitish. 
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Red Sea, Arabia, Portuguese East Africa, Zululand, Ratal, Cape Colony 
Madagascar, Mauritius, India, Ceylon, Philippines, China, Formosa, Japan, 
Queensland, Renfs^puth Wales, 
