PISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 365 



12552, 12553, 13860. Apra Bay, Guam. November 19-21, 1907. Length, 



43 to 104 mm. 

 56050 U.S.N.M. Luzon. Philippine Commission. 1 example. Length, 



190 mm. 

 58034 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. 1 example. Length, 



180 mm. 

 59011 U.S.N.M. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries. 1 example. Length, 107 mm. 

 65459 U.S.N.M. Mangareva. Albatross collection. 1 example. Length, 100 



mm. As Cheilinus undulatus. The squamation of the cheek is that of the 



present species and not the sparse scales of small size shown in Giinther's 



figure of Cheilinus godeffroyi. 

 72717 U.S.N.M. Java. Messrs. Bryant and Palmer. 1 example. Length, 



175 mm. 

 52369 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. 7 examples. Length, 



22 to 195 mm. 

 71633 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Bureau of Fisheries. 1 example. Length, 



240 mm. 

 31057 and 31058 A.N.S. P. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 47 to 78 mm. 



Genus NOVACULICHTHYS Bleeker 



Novaculichthys Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London [December 10], 1861, 

 p. 414. Type Labrus taeniourus Lacepede, monotypic.22 



Body olong, compressed. Head compressed, upper edge rather 

 obtuse. Front canines 2 in each jaw, curved; lateral teeth small 

 and close set, uniserial. Head usually naked, except sometimes 

 few scales behind or below eye. Dorsals and anals scaleless. Scales 

 in lateral line 26 to 28. Lateral line interrupted. Dorsal with 9 

 spines and 12 rays. Anal with 3 spines and 12 rays. 



East Indies, East Africa, India, Oceania. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES 



a'. Novaculichthys. Dorsal spines of uniform length; black blotch at front 

 of spinous dorsal; caudal uniform; soft dorsal and anal with numerous 

 obliquely waved dark lines; size moderate macrolepidotus. 



u^. Semachlorella, new subgenus. Two anterior dorsal spines greatly 

 longer than remaining ones; no black spot at front of spinous dorsal; 

 caudal with 2 dark cross bands; soft dorsal and anal with about 5 dark 

 oblique or transverse bands bifer. 



Subgenus Novaculichthys Bleeker 



Mouth moderate. Dorsal spines uniform in length. Several 

 black bands radiate from eye posteriorly, both above and below. 



Besides the species below we also include Novaculichthys taeniourus 

 (Lacepede), not represented in our collections. 



NOVACULICHTHYS MACROLEPIDOTUS (Bloch) 



Labrus macrolepidotus Bloch, Naturg. Ausl. Fische, vol. 5, 1791, p. 135, 



pi. 284, fig. 2. Locality unknown. 

 Xyrichthys macrolepidotus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, 



p. 59 (East Indies and Waigiu).— Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 264 



(Mozambique). 



" Jordan gives the type Labrus macrolepidotus Bloch (Genera of Fishes, vol. 3, 1919, p. 309) . 



