RANDALL: SURVEY OF CIGUATERA AT MARSHALL ISLANDS 



Figure 34. — Lethrinus xanthochilus, 395 mm SL, Fanning Island, Line Islands. 



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Figure 35. — Monotaxis grandocuHs, 220 mm SL, Enewetak, Marshall Islands. 



Enewetak; two, 305 and 432 mm SL, were taken at 

 Bikini. All were nontoxic. 



The stomach and gut contents of these four 

 specimens and one of 466 mm from the Society 

 Islands were examined. One fish contained 

 crushed echinoids, one the remains of a calappid 

 crab, one a digested fish, another both crab and 

 fish remains, and one (the largest) a freshly in- 

 gested fish (probably from a rotenone station). 



Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskal) (Figure 35): M. 

 grandocuHs has been classified in the past princi- 

 pally in the Sparidae or Lutjanidae, but is now 

 recognized as a lethrinid. It is readily distin- 

 guished by its large eyes, short blunt snout, and 

 single row of well-developed molariform teeth 

 along the side of the jaws. It occurs in a wide 

 variety of reef habitats. Adults are difficult to ap- 

 proach underwater. This fish feeds mainly on in- 



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