Bulletin - United States National Museum . ^ inhead; eye 3K to 4%, 1% to 2% in snout, greater than interorbital inyoung to Iji with age; maxillary reaches opposite front nostril, length2% to 3 in head; hps moderate, coriaceous; teeth villiform, in broadbands in front of jaw, outer row enlarged and mostly conic with 4front ones in each jaw canines and last 4 each side molar like, but oftenwith slight median longtitudinal groove; interorbital 3% to 4 in head,broadly convex; naked region of head with skin finely rugose. Gillrakers 5 + 5, low, broad tubercles, about % gill Figure 2.~Le
Bulletin - United States National Museum . ^ inhead; eye 3K to 4%, 1% to 2% in snout, greater than interorbital inyoung to Iji with age; maxillary reaches opposite front nostril, length2% to 3 in head; hps moderate, coriaceous; teeth villiform, in broadbands in front of jaw, outer row enlarged and mostly conic with 4front ones in each jaw canines and last 4 each side molar like, but oftenwith slight median longtitudinal groove; interorbital 3% to 4 in head,broadly convex; naked region of head with skin finely rugose. Gillrakers 5 + 5, low, broad tubercles, about % gill Figure 2.~Lethrinus harak (Forsk&l), young Scales 45 or 46 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter;6 above, 14 or 15 below, 9 or 10 predorsal; caudal and pectoral basesfinely scaled. Scales with 12 to 15 basal radiating striae, sometimes4 to 9 incomplete auxiliaries; 113 to 171 apical denticles, with 4 to 8transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. D. X, 9, I, fourth spine 2% to 3Ko in head, fourth ray 2% to 2%; , 8, I, third spine 3K to 3%, first ray 2% to 3K; caudal IK to \%,emarginate; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 to 3Ko; pectoral iKo to1)^; ventral \% to l)i. Body rather pale brown, lower surface whitish. Each scale onbody, at least on back and sides, with darker margin. Head ratherdull drab-brown above and on sides, below pale to whitish. Irisyellowish brown. Hind border of gill opening little darker brownthan adjoining color. Below last dorsal spine or front dorsal rays,close below lateral line, a large dusky neutral to blackish blotch 7 to9 scal
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