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below from corner of mouth buff stripe with vinaceous upper edge. Dorsal 

 pale edged, body of fin similar to dark area in middle of side. Caudal pale in 

 center, each lobe dusky orange, color continuing somewhat on peduncle. 

 Anal hyaline pink, tips colorless. Ventrals colorless. Pectorals very pale 

 yellowish, rays somewhat dusky. Iris dark or silvery. 

 71734 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 89 to 108 

 mm. 4 examples. 



THALASSOMA BALLIEUI (Vaillant and Sanvagre) 



Julis ballieui Vaillant and Sauvage, Rev. Mag. Zool., vol. 3, 1875, p. 248. 



Hawaiian Islands. 

 Thalassoma ballieui Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 



vol. 23, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), p. 297, fig. 128 (Honolulu). 

 Julis obscura GtJNTHER, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, 1880, p. 61, pi. 26, 



figs. a-b. Honolulu. 

 Julis verticalis Smith and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, 1882, p. 135. 



Johnston Island. 



Depth 2% to 3M; head 2% to 3, width 2li to 2%- Snout 23^ to 

 2%; eye 6 to 73^, 2% to 3 in snout, 134 to 13^ in interorbital ; maxil- 

 lary reaches half-way to eye, 4 to 43^ in head; interorbital 4^ to 5^, 

 convex. Gill rakers 10 + 14, lanceolate, short. 



Scales in lateral line 21, 4 + 2; 5 scales above lateral line, 10 below, 

 11 or 12 predorsal. Scales with 57 to 60 basal radiating striae, 

 30 to 43 apical; circuli fine. 



D. VIII, 13, I, ninth spine 43^^ to 4% in head, first ray 3 to 33^; 

 A. Ill, 11, I, third spine 4% to 5J^, first ray 2% to 3}/S) caudal 1^4 

 to 1%, emarginate, tips of lobes slightly exserted, when expanded 

 hind edge little concave; least depth of caudal peduncle 23/8 to 23^; 

 pectoral 1^4') ventral 234 to 2%. 



Dull brown generally, each scale with median vertical dark brown 

 line. Base of caudal deep brown, with narrow deep brown edge 

 above and below. Other fins all uniform brown. 



Hawaii, Johnston Island. 



13519 to 13524. Midway Islands, reefs. November 7-8, 1907. Length, 146 



to 180 mm. 

 26829 U.S.N.M. Johnston Island. Type of Julis verticalis. 

 51074, 52697, 52703, 52717 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. 



Length, 232 to 284 mm. 4 examples. 

 55357 and 55473 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 



145 to 162 mm. 7 examples. 

 84083 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 133 mm. 



Genus GOMPHOSUS Lacepede 



Gomphosus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 100. Type Gom- 



phosus caeruleus Lac^p^de, designated by Jordan and Evermann, Genera 



of Fishes, vol. 1, 1917, p. 61. 

 Gomphosis Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., vol. 2, 1839, pp. 43, 173, 231. Type 



Gomphosus caeruleus LACifipfeDE. 

 Acarauna Sewastianoff, Acar. Pise. Thorac, 1796 (1802), p. 357. Type 



Acarauna longirostris Sewastianoff= Gomp/iosus caeruleus LAC^pfcoE. 

 Elops (Commerson) Lac^p^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 100. 



Type Gomphosus tricolor Lac^p^de. 



