TC3 
cheek from lower eye edge back to opercle. Obscure dark blotches on cheek 
and opercles. Iris dark gray. First dorsal pale brownish, with median 
and basal dark brown band longitudinally, and both inclined upward little 
posteriorly. Second dorsal pale brown with 5 longitudinal dark brown bands. 
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Caudal brown, with 10 transverse rows of dark brown spots on rays. Blackish 
brown transverse bar at pectoral base. Pectoral dark brown, with pale 
basal bar bounded by narrow blackish brown transverse band. Ventral blackish 
brown, edged narrowly pale all around. 
New South Wales. A handsome species with distinct longitudinal dark 
bands. 
