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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.

Grammistes, Artedi

Grammistes, Artedi.

Grammistes sexlineatus, Thunb.

Grammistes sexlineatus, Thunb. sp., Vetensk. Ac. Handl. Stockh. xiii., 1792, p. 142, pl. v.; Day, Fishes of India, p. 28, pi. ix., fig. 1.

Though the only example received measures but 21 mm. in length, the striking features of the species (the only one of its genus) renders identification unmistakable. The usual longitudinal white lines are broken up into spots, and all the anal rays are articulated, a character which separates it from Pogonoperca, wherein anal spines are noticeably developed.