Belone ( Eurycaulus ) persimilis WEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo- 
Austral. Archipelago, vol. 4, p. 118, fig. 46, 1922 (Flores). 
Platybelone dorsalis WHITLEY, Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. 18, no. 6, 
p. 335, April 20, 1932 (type locality: Northwest Australia: on 
Gttnther). 
Depth 18 to 19-4/5, body rather broad, cylindrical, more depressed 
behind or on caudal peduncle so width is greater than depth behind dorsal 
origin; head from snout tip 2—5/6 to 2—9/10, width 6^- to 7. End of frontal 
point to eye 4-|- to 5 in rest of snout, wide as long? eye !§■ to 1-8/8 in 
postocular; maxillary reaches front eye edge; interorbital 1^ to 2 in post¬ 
ocular, level, broad shallow depression medially; bones on top of head 
rather obscurely striate. Gill rakers IV or V, 3*f"6, XII or 5, X, short 
points, 2g- in gill filaments, which l/3 of eye. 
Scales 175? to 196 in median axial lateral series to caudal base; 
predorsal 95 to 103 forward to head; 9 rows on cheek. Scales with 34 to 
54 close set cireuli, complete (likely incomplete with age). 
D. II, 11 to II, 13, first branched ray 5-4/5 to 6 in head from 
snout tip; A. II, 15 to II, 17, first branched ray 5^- to 5-2/5; least depth 
of caudal peduncle ^ its width or 2f- to 3-l/5 in eye; pectoral 4|r to 5 in 
head from snout tip; ventral 7 to 7-f-, 1^- to 1-2/5 in postocular. 
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Brownish to gray or olive above or on back, sides and under surfaces 
Iris white* Fins pale, darker terminally* 
Red Sea, Mauritius, Malaya, East Indies, Philippines, North West 
Australia, Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii, Easter 
■m 
Island. 
