30(1 EXPEDITION OF THE "ALBATROSS," 1S99-1900. 



Regarding the color of these specimens it is like that describetl by .lordan 

 fe Seale, rather than that of Bleeker. 



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EPHIPPIDAE. 



Platax orbicularis (Forskal). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., llKKi, 25, p. 335. 

 Cliriclorloii orhicukiris Forsk.Il, Dcscript. .\nim., 177.5, p. 59. 



One specimen, No. 05890, li inches long from Bora Bora, Society Islands. 



CHAETODONTIDAE. 



Forcipiger longirostris ( liRorssoxET). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. »S. Fish. Coium., 1905, 23, pt. 1, p. 363, pi. 4(). 



t 

 Chadodon longirmtris Broussonet, Ichth. sist. Piscium, 1782, p. 23, pi. 7. 



Phili- -J, fiyurc 2. 



One specimen I inch long, taken at the surface off Fakarava, Paumotu 

 Islands. 



This is probably the Tholichthys stage of F. longirostris as shown by the 

 great development of the armature on the head. 



Megaprotodon trifascialis (Qrov & Gaimard). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 190ti, 25, p. 336, pi. 50, fig. 1 



Chnrfodon trifasri'ili.'< QuoY & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie. Zool., 1S25, p. 379, pi. 62, fig. 5. 



No. 05885, a specimen lis inches long from Fakarava, Paumotn Islands. 



Chaetodon setifer Block. 



Idith., 1788, 6, pi. 426, fig. 1. Jord.^n & Evermann, Hull. U. 8. Fish. Comrn., 1905, 23, i)t. 1, 

 p. 364, pi. 47. Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 338. 



The collection contains the following specimens from Taritari, Gilbert 

 Islands: Nos. AI64, Ol inches; A162, M. C. Z. 29746, 4i inches; A174, M. C. Z. 

 29747, 5l inches. From Makemo, Paumotu Islands, Nos. A76, 5? inches; 

 A79, M. C. Z. 29744, 7| inches; ASS, 7| inches; AlOI, 7 inches and AI04, 

 M. (\ Z. 29745, 7 inches. From Ku.saie, Caroline Islands, No. 08808, 2? inches 

 long. 



