Fishes of the South Padjic. 47 



anal pinkish white; ventrals pinkish, with dusky tip; pectorals 

 and caudal pinkish white without markings. 



One specimen from Tubuai, Xo. 752 B. M., length 8.75 in. 



One specimen, No. 13S0 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



Three specimens, Xos. 1125, 11 26 and 12SS B. M., from Short- 

 land Id., Solomons. 



I/Cthrinus mahsena (Forskal). 



Two specimens, Xos. 675* and 843* B. M., from ]Maugareva. 



I^ethrinus harak (Forskal). 



One specimen, Xo. 951 B. M., from Fate, Xew Hebrides. 



One specimen, Xo. 1271 B. M., from Shortland Id., vSolomons. 



Color in life, whitish, with a big black blotch on lateral line 

 below the seventh dorsal spine to third dorsal ray; above each 

 blotch is an area of yellow: a short bright blue line from e^-e to 

 lower opening of nostril; eyes yellow; inside of mouth red; fins 

 pinkish. 



I/Cthrinus moensii Blcckcr. 



One specimen, Xo. 2160 B. M., from Xukuhiva, Marquesas 

 Ids. 



I<ethriiius leutjanus (Bloch). 



One specimen, Xo. 1067 B. M., from Fate, Xew Hebrides. 



Family KYPHOSID.F:. 

 Kyphosus cinerascens (Forskal). 



One specimen, No. 1043 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Four specimens, Nos. 11 12, 1318, 1316* and 1320 B. M., from 

 Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Color in life is dusky silvery, sides with long yellowish lines 

 almost as wide as interspaces, these lines most distinct on the 

 middle of the body, and becoming indistinct on the lower part; a 

 yellow line from gape to opercles, another line through the eye; 

 spinous dorsal bluish; soft dorsal slightly darker; pectorals bluish, 

 with wash of yellow near base. 



Family MULLID.F:. 

 Mulloides samoensis Giinther. 



Nine specimens, Nos. 872, 873, 930, 960, 962, 1018, 852* B. M., 

 and five young, from Fate, New Hebrides. 



In spirits the dark spot on the lateral line under the 6-7 dorsal 

 spine shows more distinctly than in life, while the single lateral 

 stripe seen in larger specimens disappears. 



