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p. Front teeth incisors, none canines. 



IK Snout obtuse; incisors broad; molars 2 to 4 

 series Diplodus. 



' P. Snout pointed; incisors narrow, produced; hind 



teeth very small and uniserial Puntazzo. 



•a^ ScATHARiNAE. Fixed incisors in front of jaws only; no molars, nor teeth 

 on palate; herbivorous. 



to'. Cheeks scaled. 



n*. Incisors broad, notched at tip, uniserial, with- 

 out cardiform teeth behind, 

 o'. Body elongate, subcylindrical; dorsal spines 



14 or 15 Boops. 



0^. Body oblong, compressed; dorsal spines 11. 



Sarpa. 



n^. Incisors narrow, lanceolate, with band of 



cardiform teeth behind; dorsal spines 10 



or 11 Spondyliosoma. 



ni^. Cheeks naked; opercle scaly; dorsal spines 

 10 Gymnocrotaphus. 



Genus SYMPHORUS Gunther 



JSymphorus GIjnther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 9, p. 438, 1872. (Type, 

 Symphorus taeniolatus Gunther, monotypic.) 



Maxillary teeth in several rows, anterior partly caninelike, Pre- 

 opercle edge denticulate. Pseudobranchiae well developed. Bran- 

 chiostegals 7. Scales of trunk ctenoid, in 55 rows. Head and 

 opercles all scaled, 5 to 10 rows on cheek, preopercle flange naked. 

 Dorsal and anal scaleless, rays acutely produced, spinous fins greatly 

 lower. Dorsal spines 10, rays 16 or 17. Anal spines 3, rays 9 to 11. 



Large, brilliant sparoids of the Western Pacific, with soft dorsal 

 and anal rays produced. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



o^ White transverse collar at nape; black saddle on upper surface of caudal 

 peduncle spilurus. 



«2. No white transverse collar at nape; no black saddle on upper surface of caudal 

 peduncle — forsteri. 



SYMPHORUS SPILURUS Giinther 



Figure 7 



Symphorus spilurns Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3, pts. 5-6, p. 61, 

 1874 (type locality: Pelew Islands). (Typographical error.) 



Symphorus spilurus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 2-3, pts. 5-6, pi. 67, 

 1874.— ScHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 6, p. 12, 1877 (Pelew Islands). 

 — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 220, 1928 (copied); Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), p. 610 (Hong Kong).— Duncker and 

 MoHR, Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 44, p. 62, 1931 (Tauwi, Admiralty 

 Islands) . 



