. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Seill & Co., Ltd. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 779 A III 24. V I 5. Scales ctenoid on body ; cycloid, more or lessrudimentary, on head. Caudal spine with posterior process. Length.—Up to 190 mm. Colour.—Uniform brown, with very obscure traces of fine longi-tudinal lines, dorsal and anal fins darker than body, a black spotat base of last dorsal and anal rays, groove containing caudal spinemargined with black, caudal fin with narrow whitish border, lipsblackish. Locality.—Natal coast. Distribution.
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Seill & Co., Ltd. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 779 A III 24. V I 5. Scales ctenoid on body ; cycloid, more or lessrudimentary, on head. Caudal spine with posterior process. Length.—Up to 190 mm. Colour.—Uniform brown, with very obscure traces of fine longi-tudinal lines, dorsal and anal fins darker than body, a black spotat base of last dorsal and anal rays, groove containing caudal spinemargined with black, caudal fin with narrow whitish border, lipsblackish. Locality.—Natal coast. Distribution.—China and Pacific Ocean. The above description is taken from a single specimen in the SouthAfrican Museum, which may be identified with the above and Evermann give the depth as 28 in the length, but thisdoes not correspond with Jordan and Fowlers description, or withLacepedes figure, though too much reliance cannot be placed on thelatter. The specimen closely resembles Gunthers figure of hislineolatus (Fische d. Sudsee, vol. i, p. 112, pi. lxxii
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