1588 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museum. 



66. Side below spinous dorsal with a very broad, blackish cross bar. 



c. General color bluish or olive; dark cross bar obscure, running from middle 



of spinous dorsal to the space between ventrals and vent; behind this 



a pale-yellowish bar ; head and anterior region with round, pale-bluish 



spots, which extend on back and on the dark bar ; dorsal bluish at base, 



yellowish above, with regular blue spots ringed with darker ; a narrow, 



blue margin along edge of fin ; caudal with obscure round bluish spots; 



anal like dorsal; pectorals and ventrals i)lain. niciiolsi, 1996. 



ec. General color red; dark cross bar conspicuous from the fourth to seventh 



dorsal spines downward to middle of sides ; scales of sides each 



with a vertical blue line, those anteriorly margined with violet; sides 



of head with blue lines and spots; dorsal and caudal orange, the 



former with oblique broken lines of blue, the latter with a few blue 



spots at base; anal violet, then yellowish, then margined with blue, 



with a blue median line .and broken blue lines at base; other fins pale. 



Head 3^ in length; canines strong; scales on nape in 5 or 6 series, not 



crossing the median line ; caudal very slightly emarginate ; outer ray 



of ventral twice inner ray, and reaching vent. sellifer, 1997. 



aa. Caudal fin rounded or subtruncate; the outer rays not produced, shorter than the 



middle r.ays. 



d. Scales before dorsal reduced in size, extending across the median line, and in 



10 to 13 rows ; ventral short, its rays not filamentous ; snout rather blunt ; 



body moderately elongate, the depth Sf in length; color olivaceous, with 



some blue and bronze markings; males with a broad indigobluo cross band 



behind pectorals; females with inky spots on the scales of the upper 



posterior part of back ; pectorals yellow, with a black axillary spot. 



SEMICINCTU.S, 1998. 



dd. Scales before dorsal large, in 4 to rows, not crossing the median line; snout 



moderately pointed. 



e. Ventral fins with the outer rays produced, more than twice the length of 



the inner. 



/. Side without conspicuous dark lateral band and with a distinct dark 



vertical bar, extending downward from spinous dorsal; axillary 



spot obscure ; body rather elong.ate, the depth about 3| in length ; 



pi-oflle not steep ; posterior canines rather small ; head with black 



stre.aks and spots above; caudal sharply barred, garnoti, 1999. 



jy. Side with a broad blue-black lateral band extending from eye to tip 



of caudal, the back above this, dark brown or blui.sh; spinous 



dors.tl with no conspicuous black spot ; a dark-blue stripe from 



eye to nape; fins mostly blue-black with pale edgings; middle 



and base of caudal dusky ; tip of pectoral dusky ; profile rather 



. steep; body rather robust, the depth 3^ in length. 



CYANOrEPHALDS. 2000. 



ee. Ventral fins with outer ray not produced, its length not more than J 

 that of inner rays ; side with a dark lateral band ; species of small 

 .size. 

 g. Spinous dorsal with a conspicuous blue-black spot between the fifth 

 and seventh spines; body not very slender, the depth 3 J in 

 length ; a dark band from snout through eye to opercle, the lat- 

 eral band on side broader than eye and placed a little above the 

 opercular band, the lateral band extending nearly to tip of cau- 

 dal ; no second dark band below it ; a faint dark spot under last 

 dorsal ray and one at base of pectoral above; 2 or 3 narrow 

 bluish-white s'ripes across cheek; body and fins in life with 

 bright colors which fade in alcohol. maculipinna, 2001. 



gg. Spinous dorsal pale, the black spot very small or wanting; body 

 slender, the depth 4 in length ; opercle with a conspicuous 

 black spot; a blue-black band from snout through eye and 

 across opercles to base of caudal, not extending on the fin ; a 



