FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 343 



55187 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 63 mm. 



1 example. 

 55186. U.S.N.M Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 37 to 76 



mm. 10 examples. 

 9667 to 9673. A.N.S.P. Tahiti. Andrew Garrett. Length, 34 to 44 mm. 



Genus CHEILINUS Lacepede 



Cheilinus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 529. Type Cheilinus 

 trilobatus Lacep£:de, designated by Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, Fesc, vol, 

 1, 1841, fasc. XXX. 



Cheilinas Dumeril, Zool. Analyt., 1806, p. (120) 333. Type Cheilinus 

 trilobatus LAcfipfeoE. 



Chilinus Peters, Arch, Naturgesch., 1855, p. 264. Type Cheilinus trilo- 

 batus Lacepede. 



Urichthys Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., vol. 2, 1839, p. 224. Type Labrus 

 lunulatus Forskal, designated by Swain, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1882, p. 274. 



Crassilabrus Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., vol. 2, 1839, p. 225. Type Cheilinus 

 undulatus Ruppell, monotypic. 



Thalluirus Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., vol. 2, 1839, p. 230. Type Crenilabrus 

 blochii Swainson, monotypic. 



Oxycheilinus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 143, Type Cheilinus 

 arenatus Valenciennes, monotypic. 



Body oblong, compressed. Snout large, often elongate. Lips 

 thick. Teeth uniserial. Canines ^, erect, no hind canines. Scales 

 large, 20 to 25 in lateral line. Cheeks with 2 rows of scales. 

 Opercles scaled. Lateral line interrupted. Dorsal spines 9 or 10, 

 subequal, rays 10. Anal spines 3, rays 8, 



Large, deep-bodied fishes of the Indo-Pacific, usually variegated 

 with deep red and green. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES 



a^ Cheilinus. Dorsal spines 9. 



b^. Cheek scales cover, at least in part, lower preopercle flange; basal dorsal 

 and anal scales usually elevated. 

 c^ Preopercle flange below entirely covered by cheek scales. 



d'. Head obtuse; head with yellow or red lines and bars; uppermost 

 caudal raj^s produced, sometimes median also; size small. 



bimaoulatus. 

 cP. Head more pointed; head without spots or bands; caudal rays not 



produced; size rather small oxycephalus. 



c^. Preopercle flange only partly covered with scales of cheek; head ob- 

 tuse, with spots and lines of red, but no lines on postocular; size 



rather large trilobatus. 



¥. Preopercle flange naked; head with lines or vermiculations. 

 eK Head and body deeper, more robust. 

 /'. Body with 6 broad, dark, transverse bands; no black lines from 



eye; size moderately large fasciatus. 



fK Body without transverse bands, each scale with 1 or more 

 transverse or vertical red lines; 2 parallel black lines before 

 eye and 2 shorter postocular; size very large undulatus. 



