scorpaena bakerl Seale” agrees with our material in most 
all respects. In the original account it is stated "the under 
side of head is white with about 6 distinct brownish cross bands 
half as wide as interspaces". 
Likely Sebastapistes ladtale Jordan and Seale is another 
synonym. These writers say "were it not for the plain colored 
lower parts of the head, in the figure of Guoy and Gaimard, we 
should regard Sebastapistes laotale as this species", though the 
uniform chin may have been due to preservation. The lateral line 
of 5S. laotale isgiven as 22 and the figure shows 43 rows of scales 
to the caudal base, with 2 more on latter, 
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