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Depth 3 to 3VgJ head 
to 3 V 3 # width 2Vg to 2 V 4 * Snout 3 2 / a 
to 3 V 4 in head; eye 4'/s to sVg, 1 V 4 to 1 V 3 in snout, 1 to iV 4 in inter- 
\ orbital; maxillary reaches in ©ye, expansion 1^/g in eye, length 2 V 3 in 
e shorter; narrow bands of villi form teeth in 
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head; jaws even 
upper and inn erf lower little enlarged; interorbital 4^/4 to ^/a. 
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Wroadly convex; preopercle jsdge denticulate. 
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Gill rakers 7-4-13, lanceolate. 
equal gill filaments or lw 5 in eye; 3 or 4 above and below rudimentary. 
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Scales 50 in 
eral line to caudal base and 25 more out over caudal 
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fin; 9 above, 10 below»24 predorsal scales to occiput and 23 more forward to 
snout tip; 16 rows a^jt>ss cheek; soft dorsal and anal with fine scales in 
basal sheaths and fpw others on membranes basally; caudal largely covered with| 
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fine scales* Bc^es with 9 to 12 basal radiating striae; 45 to 47 apical 
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denticles, witfcgp.2 or 13 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 
D. M, I, 29, I or 30, I, third spine 1 V 5 to 1^/3 in head, first ray| 
2^/g to 2 4 ( |p A. II, 7, I, second spine l 4 /g to 2^/q, first ray 1 V 4 to l^/g; 
caudal l J Wk to lVs* cun eat e; leas caudal peduncle 3 V 5 to 3 V 4 ; 
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, . g . 3 7 If| 
pectorajfl /2 to 1 / 5 ; ventij^^7 p to-1 /qM 
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Drab or 
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lirlbrown above, beljjpr whitish, most everywhere with 
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silvery while reflections. Iris itxitish. JpDorsals and caudal pale brownish, 
membranes of former dusky though each wi|p dark basal spot to spjpe or ray 
and subbasally on soft dorsal pale broafi area whole length of 
Front anal 
rays little darker than rest of fin. Jf Other wise fins whit most all spines 
burnished with silvery white. 
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Mozambique, Madagascar#India, Ceylon, 
pines, Indo China, China, Queeiisland 
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, East Indies, Philip- 
It is doubtful whether 
Fowler's description applies Jto the true ^pidado . He gives the number of gill 
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rakers as 15, and there ar ewseve ra Jollier points of difference between his 
