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Scales 6 |fe)r 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 to 8 more on 
latter; 5 or 6 abov^^^O below, 33 to 38 predorsal forward midway in antero- 
nasal region of snout; 4 or 
cales on cheek below eye to preopercle 
ridge; caudal finely scaled basally, also othdS^ins with small scales. Scales 
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with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae; 52 to 71 ap|lal denticles, with 9 to 11 
transverse series of basal elements; circuli Ane. 
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D. XI-I, 2 1, I, second spine lj $5 in head, first branched ray 2 ^/ 4 ; 
A. Ill, 23 , I, first branched ray 4;.^l.udal 1 V 2 ^ 1 °/ 5 * slightly emarginate 
behind; least depth of caudal pedtjjffBl e 3 to 3Vg; pectoral 1 V 2 to 1 V 5 ; ven- 
tral 1 /g to 2, spine and fijgpt ray broadly cartilaginous or osseous terminal¬ 
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Brown, pajp to whitish below and in alcoholic examples with a swart] 
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^ or general duj$y appearance. An underlaid silvery-gray lateral axial streak. 
little below Jpcial line at first, though embracing lateral line at caudal ped- 
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uncle. Iris ISSbaL, with pale yellowish brown tinge. Fins with most membranes 
transparent. Spinous dors'al wi’t}T’'dusi^F'Tc : %lackish dots terminally. All fins 
with some dark dots on longest rays, more qdF less terminally. 
hast Indies, Philippines. A sJender species, unique in the expanded 
front outer edges of the ventral's, sj^ell shown in Sleeker's figure. Bleeker 
mentions it as rare, he having hjfC three specimens 134 to 224 mrr, long. The 
following are all in the KaM*bnal Museum. 
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21071 to 21073. Abuyam^Leyte. July 26, 1S09. Le pM *nl74 to 242 mm. 
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3 examples. O Beach^re ar anchorage off Daet ^-a ^Tor;. June 15, 1909. Length 
f 165 to ISO 
