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Show 918 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON NEW FISHES [Dec. 1, anterior border of eye; 3 or 4 series of scales on the cheek below the eye; opercle seamless; prseopercular limbs forming nearly a right augle. Gill-rakers short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal X V I - X V I I 8-9; spines increasing in length to the fifth, which is f length of head. Anal III 9-10 ; third spine longest, as long as last or penultimate dorsal, but Docimodus johnstoni. much thicker. Caudal peduncle once and a half as long as^ deep- Scales slightly rugose, not denticulate, 3 3 - 3 4 ^ ; lat. 1. Yb. A black stripe along the posterior half of the body, between the lateral lines ; soft dorsal with round dark spots. Total length 200 millim. T w o specimens. COREMATODUS, g. U. Allied to Chromis, but both jaws with extremely broad bands of innumerable minute club-shaped teeth with compressed oblique entire crowns. |
