338 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



52478 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. 2 examples. Length, 



353 to 395 mm. 

 62679, 52680, 52690, 52700, 52742, 52749 U.S.N-M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau 



of Fisheries. Length, 255 to 408 mm. 

 55054 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Albatross collections. 5 examples. Length, 212 



to 290 mm. 

 55438 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Jordan and Evermann. Length, 220 mm. 

 55481 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Fur Seal Commission. Length, 235 mm. 

 56029 U.S.N.M. Luzon. Philippine Commission. Length, 353 mm. 

 56136 U.S.N.M. Luzon. Philippine Commission. Length, 216 mm. 

 56143 U.S.N.M. Luzon. Philippine Commission. Length, 80 mm. 

 57990 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. MajorE. A. Mearns. 4examples. Length, 265 



to 290 mm. 

 59010 U.S.N.M. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries. 1 example. Length, 178 mm. 

 65458 LT.S.N.M. Cook Bay, Easter Island. Albatross collection. 2 examples. 



Length, 386 to 407 mm. 

 71839 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. 2 examples. Length, 



164 to 178 mm. 



9311 A.N. S.P. Hav/aiian Islands. Dr. J. K. Townsend. Length, 252 mm. 



9312 to 9314 A.N.S.P. Oahu. Dr. W. H. Jones. Length, 125 to 212 mm. 

 28150 to 28154 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Comm. Length, 



248 mm. 

 33302 and 33303 A.N.S.P. Bacon. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 193 to 220 mm. 



Genus CIRRHILABRUS Schlegel 



Cirrhilabrus Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Poiss., pts. vii-ix, 1845, p. 167. 



Atypic. Type Cirrhilabrus temminckii Bleeker, affixed by Bleeker 



Verh. Batav. Genoots., vol. 25, (Jap.), 1852, p. 17. 

 Cheilinoides Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 2, 1851, p. 71. Type 



Cheilinoides cyanopleura Bleeker, monotypic. 



Body compressed, oblong. Teeth uniserial. Canines f in front 

 of jaws, none posterior. Preopercle serrated. Scales large, 20 to 

 25 in lateral line. Cheeks and opercles scaled. Lateral line inter- 

 rupted. Dorsal spines 11, rays 9. Anal spines 3, rays 9. Ventrals 

 short or elongate. 



East Indies and Japan. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES 



a^. Cirrhilabrus. Ventrals produced more than half body length; scales 

 behind depressed pectoral without black edges temminckii. 



a^. Cheilinoides. Ventrals not produced; scales behind depressed pectoral 

 with black edges cyanopleura. 



CIRRHILABRUS TEMMINCKII Bleeker 



Cirrhilabrus temminckii Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch., vol. 25 (Jap.), 

 1852, p. 17. Nagasaki. — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, 

 p. 124 (copied). — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, 

 1902, p. 651, fig. 10 (Wakanoura, Japan). 



Depth 3; head 2% to 3, width 2 to 2}4. Snout 3% to 5; eye 3]4 

 to 5. equals or greater than snout, 13^ or more in interorbital; maxil- 

 lary reaches ^' to eye, length 3M to 43^ in head; interorbital 3}4 



