. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 264 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Depth 21/2 to 2%; head 3 to 31/3, width 2 to 21/5. Snout 21/8 to 2y8 in head; eye 3% to 5i^ , 1 to 2V^ in snout, 1 to I14 in interorbital or greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches l^ in eye in young and not quite to eye with age, expansion I14 to 31/^ in eye, length 2% to 3% in head; slit along each side of snout in front; lips thick, rather broad, fleshy, not reaching hind maxillary end; teeth pointed, conic, in rather wide bands in jaws; palate and tongue toothless; interorbit
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 264 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Depth 21/2 to 2%; head 3 to 31/3, width 2 to 21/5. Snout 21/8 to 2y8 in head; eye 3% to 5i^ , 1 to 2V^ in snout, 1 to I14 in interorbital or greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches l^ in eye in young and not quite to eye with age, expansion I14 to 31/^ in eye, length 2% to 3% in head; slit along each side of snout in front; lips thick, rather broad, fleshy, not reaching hind maxillary end; teeth pointed, conic, in rather wide bands in jaws; palate and tongue toothless; interorbital 3% to 4^/^, convex; preopercle edge finely serrate, serrae about 32. Gill rakers 6 + 14, pointed, y^ of eye. Scales 82 to 117 along lateral line to caudal base and 10 to 17 more on latter; tubular scales 57 to 70 in lateral line to caudal base and. Figure 23.—Plectorhinchus pictus (Thunberg). Variation of color markings 9 to 12 more on latter; 17 to 19 scales above lateral line, 20 to 22 below, 48 to 68 predorsal until midway in space between snout tip and nostrils, 20 to 25 rows on cheek. Suprascapula finely serrated. Scales with 6 or 7 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 56 to 58, small, pointed, with 10 or 11 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. D. X or IX, 23, i to 25, i, third spine 2 to 3 in head, seventeenth ray 2 to 2i/6; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 22/5 to 3, second ray 1% to 1%; caudal 1 to 1 l^, little emarginate, rounded in young; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral ll^ to 1%; ventral 11/5 to 1^4. Brown .generally, paler on sides and below. Head above, back, dorsals, and caudal marked with close-set rounded darker blotches, each much wider than pale interspaces and fading out on sides and. 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 Mu
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