196 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



peduncle 1% to 2Ko; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral Iji to 1%; caudal 

 3 to 3% in combined head and body to caudal base. 



Largely uniform dusky brown, scarcely paler on under surface. 

 Usually distinct whitish transverse band, two or three scales in width, 

 from eighth or ninth dorsal spines to vent, variably incomplete below 

 lateral line and band indistinct or obliterated largely with age. Iris 

 brown or gray. Fins all dusky brown. Small examples sometimes 

 show soft dorsal membranes mottled darker. Usually a dull trans- 

 verse bar across pectoral base. 



Formosa, Riu Kiu, Japan. 



U.S.N.M. No. 71008. Misaki, Sagami, Japan. Albatross collection, 1906. 



Length, 75 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 71555. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection, 1906. Length, 73 



to 160 mm. Two examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 71918. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 149 mm. 



Subgenus Girellops Regan 



GIRELLA FIMBRIATA (McCulloch) 



Girellops fimbriatus McCulloch, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 13, No. 2, p. 66, 

 pi. 13, fig. 2, 1920 (type locality : Kermadec Islands). 



Depth 2%; head 3%. Snout 2% in head; eye 3%, 1% in snout, l}i in 

 interorbital ; lower jaw little shorter than upper; maxillary reaches 

 eye, length 3}^ in head; outer teeth uniserial, edges truncate or 1 or 2 

 laterals bicuspid or tricuspid, 12 in each jaw of uniform size; inner 

 teeth minute, spaced, pointed, mostly uniserial ; interorbital little less 

 than snout, convex; preopercle edge entire. 



Scales 86 along above lateral line to caudal base, 71 along below; 

 13 scales above, 20 below; predorsal scales forward opposite hind eye 

 edge; 5 irregular rows across cheek to preopercle ridge, flange broadly 

 naked; fins all finely scaled except ventrals; opercles naked, also 

 muzzle and all front of head. 



D. XVI, 12, seventh spine 2 in head, first ray \%', A. Ill, 10, third 

 spine 2)i, third ray 1)^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 1; 

 ventral 1; caudal 3% in combined head and body to caudal base, 

 hind edge little concave, lobes rounded. 



Uniform dark brownish gray. Pectoral and dorsal fins somewhat 

 lighter. Length, 159 mm. (McCulloch.) 



Kermadec Islands. The fimbriate nostrils and biserial teeth dis- 

 tinguish this species from Girella nebulosa. 



GIRELLA NEBULOSA Kendall and Radcliffe 



Girella nebulosa Kendall and Radcliffe, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 35, 

 p. 120, pi. 3, fig. 2, pi. 4, figs. 1-2, 1912 (type locality: Cook Bay and 

 La PerouseEay, Easter Island). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 

 221, 1928 (Easter Island); vol. 11, No. 5, p. 335, 1931 (reference). 



Girellops nebulosus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1913, p. 369, pi. 57 (Easter 

 Island). — Rendahl, Nat. Hist. Juan Fernandez and Easter Island, Skotts- 

 berg, vol. 3, Zool., pt. 1, p. 64, 1921 (Easter Island). 



