. fflf Text-fig. 5. Macroparalepis molestus Holotype ( x 1): a, maxillary and mandibular teeth ( x 3); b, palatine teeth ( x 3): c, part of lateral line to show pores and bony segments (x 25); d, transverse section through lateral line. Gill-teeth. Rather widely spaced, in a single row, on the upper part of the lower limb of the first gill arch. Colour (in spirit). Light brown with a peppering of small melanophores along the dorsal surface. Three dorsal' saddles' of more concentrated pigmentation; the first along the base of the dorsal fin; the second just above the origin of the anal fi
. fflf Text-fig. 5. Macroparalepis molestus Holotype ( x 1): a, maxillary and mandibular teeth ( x 3); b, palatine teeth ( x 3): c, part of lateral line to show pores and bony segments (x 25); d, transverse section through lateral line. Gill-teeth. Rather widely spaced, in a single row, on the upper part of the lower limb of the first gill arch. Colour (in spirit). Light brown with a peppering of small melanophores along the dorsal surface. Three dorsal' saddles' of more concentrated pigmentation; the first along the base of the dorsal fin; the second just above the origin of the anal fin, and the third just behind the adipose dorsal fin (see Text- % 5). The study of the above fish has thrown some light on the status of Macroparalepis Ege. As a result of his investigations, Harry (1951, 1953a) quite reasonably decided to divide Macroparalepis Ege into two genera, these corresponding to divisions I and II of Ege's (1933) synopsis of the species. Macro- paralepis was restricted to division I of the key, while division II was placed under another genus, Stemonosudis. Macroparalepis molestus described above is awkwardly intermediate between these two genera. Like Macroparalepis, as defined by Harry (1953), the nostrils of M. molestus come before the tip of the maxillary; like Stemonosudis the body is slightly compressed and very elongate, the tip of the lower jaw is not elevated and the end of the upper jaw is about 1 orbital diameter from the anterior margin of the eye.
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