262 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 MULLOIDICHTHYS VANICOLENSIS (Valenciennes) 



Upeneus vanicolensis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, p. 521, 1831 

 (type locality: Vanicolo). — Smith and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 6, 

 p. 131, 1882 (Johnston Island). 



Mulloides vanicolensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, p. 601, 

 1853 (Ternate); vol. 13, p. 371, 1857 (Sangi) .— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., vol. 1, p. 404, 1859 (compiled). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, 

 No. 3, p. 7, 1866 (Samoa); No. 4, p. 14, 1869 (Samoa; Viti Islands).— 

 Bleeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, No. 3, p. 14, 1875 

 (Ternate; Sangi) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 9, pi. (2)392, fig. 6, 1877.— 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 4, p. 62, 1879 (Solo- 

 mons). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 16, 1885 

 (North Celebes; Tabukan). — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, p. 254, 1903 (1905) (compiled). — Evermann and 

 Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, p. 87, 1906 (1907) (Zamboanga) .—Weber, 

 Siboga Exped., Fische, vol. 57, p. 294, 1913 (Siau, Salibabu, Saleyer, Binong- 

 ka). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 36, No. 1, p. 135, 

 pi. 1, fig. 3, 1928 (Zamboanga and Tambagoan Island). — Fowler, Mem. 

 Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 234, 1928 (New Guinea, Hilo, Johnston Island). — 

 Schmidt, Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 547 (Okinawa) .-Whitley, 

 Journ. Pan Pacific Inst., vol. 3, No. 1, p. 12, 1928 (Santa Cruz Islands). 



Mulloides vanicolaris Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 1, p. 8, 1864 (South 

 Seas); No. 2, p. 6, 1865 (South Seas). 



Mulloidichthys vanicolensis Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 337, 

 1931 (compiled). 



Depth 2% to 4Ko; head 3% to 3%, width 2. Snout 2% to 2% in head; 

 eye 3% to 3%, 1% to lYz in snout, IK to 1% in interorbital ; maxillary 

 reaches % to % to eye, expansion 1% to 1% in eye, length 2% to 3 in head; 

 teeth viUiform, in narrow bands in jaws, about 3 or 4 irregular series 

 anteriorly, fewer laterally; barbels reach opposite hind preopercle 

 edge, length 1% to 1^ in head; interorbital 3 to Sji, broadly convex; 

 preopercle edge entire. Gill rakers 8 or 9 + 23 or 24, lanceolate, 1% 

 in gill filaments, which IJ^ in eye. 



Scales 37 in lateral fine to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 3 above, 

 7 below, 15 predorsal forward to first third in snout, 3 rows on cheek. 

 Scales with 6 or 7 basal radiating striae; 81 to 190 apical denticles, 

 with 1 to 12 transverse series of basal elements; circuU very fine. 



D. VII-I, 8, I, first spine Iji in head, first ray 2 to 2^; A. I, 6, i, 

 spine 3K to 4, first ray 1% to 2; caudal 1, deeply forked, slender lobes 

 pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1%; ventral 1%. 



Back pale oUve, sides and below pale to whitish, with buff to yel- 

 lowish tinge. Iris pale yellowish brown, barbels same. Fins uni- 

 formly pale. 



East Indies, Phihppines, Riu Kiu, Melanesia, Micronesia, Poly- 

 nesia, Hawaii. 



18151. Santo Domingo Harbor, Batan Island, Philippines. November 7, 1908. 



Length, 129 mm. Lower gill rakers 23. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 30686. New Guinea. William Macleay. Length, 230 mm. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 30873. Johnston Island. Jordan and Gilbert. Length, 153 mm. 



Gill rakers 9+25. 



