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Synodus houltl Me Culloch 
Synodus houltl MC CULLOCH, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 
?, pt. 3, Nov. 4, 1921, p. 165, pi. 8, fig. 1. Near 
the Capricorn Group, Queensland, In 25 to 30 fathoms. 
Depth 6 1/8; head 3 1/4. Snout 4 1/10 in head; eye 8 1/8, 
2 In snout; premaxillary extends 2 eye diameters behind eye, 
length 1 2/3 in head; interorbital very slightly less than eye, 
concave. 
Scales 59 in lateral line; 5 above, 4 below, 16 predorsal, 
5 or 6 rows on cheek. 
D. II, 10, I, first branched ray 2 1/4 in head; adipose 
fin 7; A. 9, I, second ray 3 2/3; caudal 1 2/3, forked; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 6; pectoral 2 2/3, 2 1/10 in post¬ 
orbital; ventral 1 1/4 in head. 
Grayish on back, sides and below white. Some very ill 
defined cross bars on back, most prominent at base of tall and 
some darker markings above lateral line. Head above with ver- 
miculating gray lines, extend to lips near end of snout. Fins 
without markings. Length 203 mm. (Me Culloch) 
Queensland. 
