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Color in alcohol. — Body and head colored pale green with five hori- j 

 zontal blackish stripes; a middorsal stripe begins just behind inter- 

 orbital area, passing posteriorly, dividing at origin of spiny dorsal, 

 reuniting at end of soft dorsal and extending on caudal peduncle to 

 spot on dorsal aspect of caudal peduncle and procurrent rays of 

 caudal fin; a dorsolateral stripe extends from tip of snout, touching 

 dorsal margin of eyes and anterior lateral line on body, dorsolaterally 

 to area just before end of caudal peduncle; a median stripe begins at 

 tip of snout and passes through middle of eye extending almost to 

 spot at midbase of caudal fin ; a ventrolateral stripe extends from tip 

 of lower jaw through middle of upper jaw, touching lower margin 

 of eye through base of pectoral and extending ventrolaterally to area 

 just before end of peduncle; a midventral stripe extends from area 

 anterior to midbelly, between bases of pelvics, dividing before vent 

 and encircling anal fin, reuniting at end of anal and passing ventrally 

 to end of caudal peduncle ; a faint line is found on each side of isthmus 

 extending from each side of tip of lower jaw to lower angle of pre- 

 opercle; another faint line extends, on each side, obliquely forward 

 on body from lateral base of pelvic to area just forward of pectoral 

 base, and thence posteriorly to pectoral base; ventral stripe nar- 

 rowest, only one-half as wide as other body stripes; width of 

 median stripe at midbody about twice in diameter of pupil ; a circu- 

 lar, black spot just before procurrent rays of caudal fin on dorsal 

 aspect, its diameter about 6 times in least depth of caudal peduncle 

 and about twice in pupil ; a blackish oval spot at midbase of caudal 

 fin, its greatest diameter on the horizontal axis about once in pupil, 

 and encircled by a pigmentless area; some scattered melanophores 

 on the upper parts of the membranes of the first two dorsal spines, 

 remainder of fins transparent. 



Color in life. — The following colors recorded in the field by Donald 

 S. Erclman: Body silvery white with black stripes; black spot at 

 midbase of caudal encircled by a yellow ring, its diameter equal to 

 least depth of caudal peduncle. 



Named Mpunctata^ in reference to the two spots on the caudal 

 peduncle. 



Ecology. — These specimens were taken by Donald S. Erdman at 

 night near shore with a 100-foot drag net in shallow water over a 

 sandy bottom. 



PARAMIA QUINQUELINEATA (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828, p. 167 (type 



locality, Borabora, Society Islands) ; Fowleb and Bean, 1930, p. 127 (in 



part). 



Specimens studied. — U.S.N.M. Nos. 150471 to 150519, 87 specimens, 



1908-09, East Indies and Philippine Islands {Albatross expedition). 



