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mm long. I have admitted the identity of Pimelepterus indicus with 

 the present species, following E^unzinger and Steindachner and 

 Doderlein. The imperfect account by Cuvier gives: 



Depth more than 2K in total, which 137 mm. D. XI, 10. A. Ill, 

 10. Gray on back, yellowish or silvery to golden reflections on 

 flanks and belly. On each side 20 to 22 golden-yellow lines. 



U.S.N.M. No. 51070. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Commission. Length, 150 mm. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 55542. Hawaiian Islands. Albatross collection. Length, 140 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 82829. Oahu. Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Length, 177 mm. 

 One example, A.N.S.P. Laie Stream, Oahu. November, 1922. C. Montague 



Cooke, jr. Length, 50 mm. 

 One example, A.N.S.P. Honolulu. Bishop Museum. Albino. Length, 335 mm. 

 One example, A.N.S.P. Honolulu. Bishop Museum. Length, 288 mm. 

 One example, A.N.S.P. Shortland Island. Bishop Museum. Length, 160 mm. 



KYPHOSUS OBLONGIOR (Cuvier) 



Pimelepterus oblongior Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, p. 264, 1831 (no locality). 



— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 9, p. 16, pi. (2) 364, fig. 3, 



1877 (type). 

 Kyphosus oblongior Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, p. 194, 1913 (Lirung, 



Salibabu). 

 Kyphosus gibsoni Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 1, p. 50, 1912 (type 



locality: Moreton Bay, Queensland). — McCulloch, Rec. Australian Mus., 



vol. 13, No. 2, p. 59, pi. 12, fig. 50, 1920 (type). 

 Segutilum (Leptokyphosus) gibsoni Whitley, Australian Zool., vol. 6, pt. 4, 



p. 320, 1931 (reference). 



Depth 2K; head 3K- Snout 3% in head; eye 3%, iKo in snout, IK in 

 interorbital ; jaws even; maxillary reaches Ko to eye, expansion 2 in 

 eye, length 3% in head; interorbital elevated; preopercle edge minutely 

 serrated. 



Scales 75 along above lateral line, 70 along below, 60 along in lateral 

 line; 11 scales above, 19 below, predorsal extend forward opposite 

 nostrils; 7 rows on cheek nearly to preopercle edge. 



D. XI, 15 (description gives 13 or 14 soft rays), fifth spine 2 in 

 head, first ray Sji; A. Ill, 12 (description gives 12 or 13), third spine 

 3%, first ray 3; least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1%; ventral 

 Iji; caudal 3% in combined head and body to caudal base, hind edge 

 emarginate, lobes pointed. 



Above bluish gray, below silvery. Iris yellowish or rosy. Silveiy 

 streak on side of snout and suboculars. Trunk with golden longi- 

 tudinal lines, one median on each series of scales. Fins grayish 

 mauve or pale silvery pink. Length, 168 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies and Queensland. The above description is from 

 Bleeker's account of the type. Giinther placed it as a doubtful 

 synonym of Kyphosus sedaior, though Weber's rediscovery in the 

 East Indies locates it where it apparently rightly belongs. The 

 redescription and figure by McCulloch of the type Kyphosus gibsoni 



