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

 Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 221, 1928 (Shortland Island, Fat(5, 

 Honolulu, Laie Stream, Ebon Island); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1929 (1930), p. 645 (Padang).— Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci, 

 U. S. S. R., vol. 1, p. 51, 1930 (Yaeyamas Island). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 (reference). 



Pimelepterus ternatensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, p. 605, 

 1853 (type locality: Ternate). — Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 499, 1859 (copied). 



Pimelepterus oblongior (not Cuvier) Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, 

 pt. 2, p. 1156, 1849 (1850) (Sea of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula). 



lOhlala muador Thiolliere, Fauna Woodlark, p. 161, 1857 (type locality: Wood- 

 lark Island). 



Pimelopterus tahmel (not Forskal) Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 

 vol. 20, p. 795, 1870 (part). 



Pimelepterus fuscus (not LACEpfcDE) Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 143, 1875 

 (part) . 



Depth 2Ko to 2 %; head 3K to 4%, width 1% to 1%. Snout 3Ko to 3% 

 ia head; eye d% to 4, 1% to 1% in snout, 1% to IK in interorbital ; max- 

 illary reaches K in eye, expansion 2}i to 2^ in eye, length 3% to 3% in 

 head; teeth 28 to 30 in jaws, uniserial, compressed, ends triangular; 

 interorbital 2K to 2%, broadly convex. Gill rakers 10 + 17 to 24, 

 lanceolate, slender, 1% to Iji in gill filaments, which IK to 1% in eye. 



Scales 70 to 75 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 more on latter; 

 tubular scales 50 to 55 in lateral line to caudal base and 9 or 10 more 

 on latter; 11 to 13 scales above, 16 or 17 below, 66 to 70 predorsal. 

 Scales with 6 to 17 basal radiating striae; 60 to 110 minute slender 

 apical denticles, with 10 to 14 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli very fine. 



D. XI, 14, I, seventh spine 2% to 2K in head, third ray 2% to 3%; 

 A. Ill, 13, I, rarely III, 12, i, third spine 3% to 4%, second ray 2% to 

 2^^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2%; pectoral 1% to 1%; ven- 

 tral 1% to 1%; caudal 3 to 3K in combined head and body to caudal 

 base. 



Back and upper surface olivaceous, paler on sides and under surface 

 wliitish. Each row of scales on back and sides with sHghtly darker 

 narrow band longitudinally following junctures of scales. Iris pale 

 or whitish. Snout dusky to deep mauve, sometimes with coppery 

 reflections. Gray band over preorbital and along lower eye edge. 

 Fins dark olivaceous to dusky, paired ones paler. 



Red Sea, Madagascar, India, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, East 

 Indies, Philippines, Japan, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. Dis- 

 tinguished from Kyphosus bigibbus chiefly in having two more rays in 

 the soft dorsal and anal fins. I follow Gunther and Klunzinger in 

 identifying this deep-bodied species wath Pimelepterus waigiensis Quoy 

 and Gaimard. Their figure shows depth 2}i (2% in total), the pre- 

 orbital naked and D. X, 15, and A. Ill, 13. Pimelepterus lembus 

 Cuvier seems in no way to differ. 



