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Valenciennes. 
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Diagnosis, -f Known h fff the restricted predorsal scales, these extending 
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forward only so far a.^mhe eyes. Canines little developed. Preopercle edge 
entire and flange 
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Pentapus 
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e to the naked forehead. 
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■' ( P entapu s dux YALDMCIiiNHES, Compt. .Rend.JpLcad. Sci. Paris, vol. 54, 1862^. 
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-p~. 1203. (.Bourboni. £GUICHMOT, fio#Ile Reunion, vol. 2, 1832, p. 25. 
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- SAUVAGA, Hist. Hat. Madagascar^Poiss., *tO(U. p. 184, pi. 22, figs 
ilf ^fsHfy : 
3-3a (tvpe). 
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Depth 2^/gj head 375 , Sn^t 2 V 4 head; eye 3 (description gives 
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3 1 /?), 1 V 5 ’ in snoutj maxi 1 larvae aches °A? to eye, length 3^/4 in head; 
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maxillary edge not denticulaw^(figure shows only 2 teeth anteriorly and very 
small one above; lower jawJIShown with 7 equally large conic teeth); inter- 
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orbital low; preoperclejplntire; suborbital depth /^q eye; apparently no oper- 
\ cular spink Ill 
Scales 
in lateral line (45 shown on figure,®,#^caudal base and 5 
more on latter)df6 above, 17 below (13 on fi 
>ove anal origin), 10 pre¬ 
dorsal extending, forward opposite hi 
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d edge, cheek with 9 narrowly imbricatd 
rows of scales, prepp 
lange broadly naked; 4 rows of postocular scales. 
