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lunate, the outer rays extending beyond centre rays twice the 

 length of latter; ventral 1.8 in head, falling short of anal by .6 

 their length; pectoral broad, 1.2 in head. 



Color in formalin X alcohol. General color, grayish brown; 

 brownish over the snout; an indistinct greenish patch on the cheek 

 and lower lip; ventral margined and tipped with greenish, remain- 

 ing portion pale; dorsal with a greenish base and margin; caudal 

 like the body, but with outer streamers and two or three 

 ill-defined spots greenish; base and outer third of the anal green- 

 ish, portion between pale; pectoral pale, with an indication of 

 green. Teeth blue. 



Color (based on plaster cast colored from life). General color 

 of lower half of body, pale salmon, varied with bluish scale mark- 

 ings; dorsal anterior half of body back to tip of pectoral heliotrope 

 brown; remainder of dorsal portion as well as caudal peduncle pure 

 green, varied with pinkish scale markings; interorbital region 

 greenish brown; upper lip green, edged with orange-ochraceous; 

 an ill-defined brown stripe over the middle of the snout; a broad 

 orange-ochraceous patch on the lower lip which is bordered above 

 and below with blue, the latter color joining at the angle of the 

 mouth, becoming a greenish blue patch on the cheek which is 

 crescent-shaped on its posterior outline, one point of the crescent 

 reaching to the eye; greenish stripes radiating from the eye, nar- 

 row greenish stripe connecfling the points of the crescent on the 

 cheek; scales on the cheek greenish; chin flesh-color, with a few 

 irregular blue spots; dorsal edged with blue; blue marks along 

 the bases of the third to sixth spine; remaining rays with serrate 

 green ray marks; remainder of the fin salmon color; anal broadly 

 margined with blue; blue membrane spots at base, forming an 

 irregular line; remaining portion salmon-pink; caudal with the 

 outer rays blue passing into green, the green extending over most 

 of the elongated rays; inner edge of the elongated rays and central 

 portion of the tail ochraceous-salmon; four large irregular green 

 blotches on the middle rays arranged so as to form a sub-terminal 

 bar, with its posterior edge one-fourth of the length of the middle 

 rays from the margin of the caudal; a few blue spots between the 

 blotches and the base of caudal; ventrals salmon color, the outer 

 ray for its entire length, the second for its distal half blue; pec- 

 toral green; iris yellow. 



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