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144 
D. X, 10, thir^spine 3^/3 i n head, last spine 3-*-/3, fourth ray 2Vsj 
10, third spinep3first ray 2^/gj caudal lV^Q> anarginate, lobes 
V .poin ted; least depth Jpf caudal peduncle 2°A; 
pectoral 1 / ; ventral lVg* 
Grayish J§flvery, each scale with dark spot forming in scale rows 
longitudinal sejffes 
Bo 
Length,500 mm. 
on. Reunion. 
(Sauvage.) 
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1 5 6 
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32 K 
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Island). PLAYFAll^, Zanzibar, -. lSob, p. 31-(Zanzibar) 
| - SAUVAGE, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Pqislli, (1891^ p. 183, pi. 13, fig. 
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2-2a (type). - REGAN, Trans. Linn. 80c. Sjondon, ( ser. 2, vol. 12 (Zool.) 
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(Amirante, Seychelles, §30 to 80 fathoms) 
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Depth 2 1 /?; head 3Vs • Snout 3 in lfladj eye 2 ? /«, subequal with 
8 
\ X Snout; maxillary reaches c /3 to eye, expansion J -/g in eye, length 3*/s in head; 
f / / 
(teeth 8 above and 9 below shown as singlejrow in each jaw, anterior little 
i 
larger); interorbital moderately low; prgppercle edge entire; suborbital depth 
< 
l 1 / 2 in eye. 
Scales 42 in lateral line hf caudal base and 3 more on latter; 6 
■A 'J-SgF 
above, 16 below, 10 predorsal forwrfd opposite hind eye edge, 5 rows of small 
a? 
scales on cheek with broad naked jfreopercle flange. 
D. X, 11 (10 in description), fo urth spine 2^/g in hea d# la± spine 
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3^/4, fourth ray 2^-/4; A. Ill, |0, third spine 3'/8* £ 
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deeply emarginate, lobes pointedj fif 
lV8J ventral I'Vg* 
3; cau dal 1, 
caudal peduncle 2^/g; pectoral 
