apical denticles 58 to 76; circuli moderate; lateral line 
mostiy parallel with dorsal profile, midway alonf caudal pedun- 
cle side, tubes simple and well exposed, Third dorsal spine 
1+ to 11/3 in head; first anal ray 1 1/3 to 1 2/5; long cau- 
dal deeply forked, slender jointed lobes with upper longer 
or about 1 2/5; pectoral 1 1/3 to 1 2/5, filaments 6, about 
1° 1/79 to 1 1/6; ventral 1 2/35 to 14/5. Dull brownish in 
@lcohol, back with olive tint and sides brassy. Ping pale 
brown. Length 170 to 227 mm, Two from Oahu, 
fe have also examined 4 Hawaiian examples in the Academy 
wrongly referred to ?. pfeifferae by Fowler? /®, They show: 
is 
Mend Ss to S 1/S: deetn.6 2/5 to 4; D.°VIIE = 1, 13, 1: A. Itt, 
Li, i, once le, i; scales 63 to 65 in lateral line to caudel 
base and 20 more on latter; 10 scales above lateral line to 
spinous dorsal origin, 9 or 10 to soft dorsal origin; So 
predorsal scales; snout 4% to 5 in head; eye 3% 2/5 to 
maxillary 2 to 21/10; interorbitel 3 to 3 4/5; rakers 13 
16; pectoral filaments 6; length 81 to 112 mm, 
P. pfeifferae (Bleeker), of which we have examined several 
Sumatran examples in the Academy, shows much larger scales (48 
in lateral line to caudal base), longer pectoral filaments 
(reaching vent),shorter spinous dorsal, deeper head, etc, 
Though Jorden end Evermann give 7 dorsal spines for 
: Re Ye 
P, sexfilis , all our material shows 8, 
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