377 
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scales on chest, breast, pectoral, most of caudal, soft dor- 
sal and anal on their basal halves, opercles and under surface; 
rediating basal striae 12 to 17; apical denticles 80 to 95; cir- 
culi very fine 8 or 9 scales on cheek, lateral line nearly paral- 
lel with dorsal profile, little high along upper side of caudal 
peduncle, and well exposed tubes simple, Fourth dorsal spine 
2 2/3 to 2 4/5 in head; second dorsal ray 2 4/5 to 34; third 
anal spine 3 1/8 to 3 1/5; caudal momerately forked, upper lobe 
1# to 11/3; pectoral 1; ventral 1%. 
Color in alcohol rather dark brown, slightly paler on lower 
surface. Fins more or less dusky. Iris brassy-brown. Length 
222 to 235 mm, Two from Cape of Good Hope, 
Our exemple differs a little from the original account as 
: 145 
Gunther gives D.XAI,11 and lateral line 88 , but in this he 
doubtless counted all intruding scales as well as those on the 
caudal base, besides his fish being over twice the size of ours, 
The rounded frontal protuberance in our exemples only from a 
slightly convex profile, Gunther gives but 6 rows of cheek 
scales. He describes the scales as not ciliated though out exe 
amples show them finely ciliated, 
A 
145 
Cat. F.Brit.Mus.,vol, I, 1859, p. 424, 
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