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D. XI- 1 , 22, I, se coBPs pine 1 V 5 to 1 9 / 10 in head, first branched 
ray l^/g to 2V 2 J A* IJI j 22, I or^ LJl , 25, I, first branched ray 2 */5 to 
sVio; caudal lVo to 1 ^/ 5 * very sli'mtly emarginate; least depth of caudal 
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peduncle 3^/2 to 3”/g; pectoral l 9 /J|||to 2; ventral 1 'Vxq to 2, 
Brown, little darker on M||k and upper surface of head above. Low- 
er sides and under surface •afaiti^ M P Iris, brown, with yellow ring around pu- 
pill „ Fins all transparent or Jjpjj re brownish, dorsals dusted with some darker 
dots terminally on manbran ejpr Caudal brownish. Other fins pale. 
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closely resembles SJpfihama, differing mainly from it in having the scales 
on the head cteno^B'' and in having larger scales above the lateral line. 
\there being but free series between lateral line and insertion of dorsal". 
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I csnnot find th|| r are correct as the denticles on the scales of the head 
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vary very greatly-«|>|§|ost specimens I have seen have at least a few denticles 
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present, if not conspi'dli^^fe|..,_Jordaji and Snyder have apparently not compared 
Sleeker 1 s figures, as the/ both ales above the lateral line. Bleek- 
er, however, figures Sillago sihama witiP* 
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the soft dorsal and the preopercle edge entae. He also shows the eye of 
Sillago japonica a little advanced from the||center in the head lengtthwhile in 
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Sillago sihama it is posterior from the d§iiter in the head length. Day gives 
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3 scales above the lateral line and laws' dorsal soine for Sillago sihama and 
his figure shows the eye as in Blpjpsr's figure. The position of the eye is 
quite variable in Japanese spegm&ens of Sillago japonica for I find it both 
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median and pcs terior# A Rj|frl3ea example shows 5 scales above the lateral 
line to spinous dorsal j|fagin and the eye center only very slightly behind 
center in head lengtjjjpF Its soft dorsal has dusky or dark dots on the membram 
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not the pale br#wn spots Bleeker Shows. The bony 
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