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Figure 27. — Lutjanus fulvus, 215 mm SL, Enewetak, Marshall Islands. 



Figure 28. — Lutjanus gibbus, 291 mm SL, Palmyra, Line Islands. 



It did not occur over the shallow parts of the reefs." 

 Talbot (1960), on the other hand, wrote in refer- 

 ence to L. gibbus in east Africa, "It was only found 



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in shallow water of from 3 to 8 fathoms." Actually, 

 the species may occur either in the shallows or at 

 moderate depths, but in the Marshall Islands, at 



