. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 232 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and crown; maxillary naked. Scales with 7 basal radiating striae; 3G to 48 apical denticles, in 3 or 4 transverse series; circuli fine. D. IX, 16, i, third spine 2% to 3% in total head length, twelfth ray 2}4 to 2%; A. Ill, 8, i (once III, 6, i), second spine 2% to 33^, fourth ray 2 to 2%; caudal XYi to 1%, rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 25/6; pectoral \y2 to \%; ventral 1% to 2. Dark brown, lower parts scarcely paler and fins blackish. Sides with many narrow blue longitudinal s
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 232 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and crown; maxillary naked. Scales with 7 basal radiating striae; 3G to 48 apical denticles, in 3 or 4 transverse series; circuli fine. D. IX, 16, i, third spine 2% to 3% in total head length, twelfth ray 2}4 to 2%; A. Ill, 8, i (once III, 6, i), second spine 2% to 33^, fourth ray 2 to 2%; caudal XYi to 1%, rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 25/6; pectoral \y2 to \%; ventral 1% to 2. Dark brown, lower parts scarcely paler and fins blackish. Sides with many narrow blue longitudinal stripes extending out on fins and over head. Inside gill opening and mouth tinted with orange. Groove of maxillary pale. Southern Arabia, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Reunion, India, East Indies, Philippines, China, Japan, Formosa, northwest Australia, Queens- land. A very handsome and variable species, easily known by the numerous blue longitudinal lines or narrow Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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