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free margin truncate or slightly emarginate, its first ray longest, 

 its tip beyond vent and scarcely reaching origin of anal. Dorsal 

 originating a little in front of tip of opercular flap ; height of 

 dorsal and anal moderate, last rays of both fins on the same 

 vertical ; their tips scarcely reaching caudal base. Pectoral 

 moderate, its free margin broadly rounded, the first ray longest, 

 its tip not reaching tip of ventral. Caudal moderate, the 

 posterior margin emarginate, tip of upper lobe extending a little 

 posteriorly to that of lower lobe. Scales cycloid, moderate in 

 size ; lateral line complete, abruptly bent beneath soft dorsal ; 

 head entirely naked. Scales on nape and breast much reduced ; 

 no scaly sheath both on dorsal and anal ; scaly sheath present, 

 on caudal, occupying about basal one-third of the fin. 



Color in formalin dark brown, each scale with bluish white 

 spots ; caudal scaly sheath similarly colored and with smaller 

 spots. Spots on throat and lower part of head dumbbell-shaped 

 by confluence ; those on upper part of head much smaller and 

 somewhat indistinct. Dorsal and anal similar with body in 

 color and markings ; the spots on their base large and elongate, 

 those on other parts of the fins much smaller and indistinct, 

 and arranged in two or three longitudinal rows ; both fins 

 bluish near margin, but the edge narrowly black ; the bluish 

 distal part of anal slightly broader than that of dorsal. Pectoral 

 somewhat dusky, its uppermost ray darkest, with base dark brown 

 like the body ; without markings, though showing very small spots 

 on one side ; ventral brownish, its membrane bluish with bluish 

 spots on proximal parts. Caudal dusky, without markings. 

 Lips of mouth reddish and blotched with dusky. 



The species is very closely allied to Anampses ikedai, but 

 diflers from it in having no ocellated spot on dorsal, in the dusky 



