330 BULLETIN 100; UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSUEM 



84082 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Length, 130 to 140 mm. 2 examples 



(poor) . 

 65673 U.S.N.M. Toboguilla Island. Albatross collection. Length, 158 mm. 

 9426, 15258, 17258 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. Dr. J. K. Townsend. Length, 



128 to 130 mm. 

 9431 to 9434 A.N.S.P. Oahu. Dr. W. H. Jones. Length, 127 to 160 mm. 

 28034 to 28037 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Comm. Length, 



112 to 122 mm. 

 28173 and 28174 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Comm. 

 28203 to 28228 A.N.S.P. Honolulu. Stanford University. Length, 30 to 



70 mm. 

 28237 to 28244 A.N.S.P. Honolulu. U. S. Fish Comm. Length, 112 to 



190 mm. 



THALASSOMA AMBLYCEPHALUS (Bleeker) 



Julis {Julis) amblycephalus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 11, 



1856, p. 683. Ord, Malang, southwest Java. 

 Julis amblycephalus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 90, 



pi. 33, fig. 6 (Java and Celebes). — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mas., vol. 



4, 1862, p. 182 (East Indies).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 404; 



Fauna British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 413. — Gxjnther, Journ. Mus. 



Godeflfroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, pi. 152, fig. C (Ceylon, East Indies, Ponape, 



Huahine, Mortlocks, Rotuma). 

 Thalassoma amblycephalus Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, 



p. 508 (Okinawa). 



Depth 4; head 3^, width 2)4 • Snout 4; eye 43^, equals snout, 

 13^ in interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to eye, 434 in head; inter- 

 orbital 2>14, convex. Gill rakers 4 + 8, lanceolate, robust, short. 



Scales in lateral line 21, 5+1; 3 scales above lateral line, 9 below, 

 5 predorsal. Scales with 29 to 36 basal radiating striae, apical 28 

 to 32; circuli fine. 



D. VIII, 13, I, eighth spine 4>^ in head, first ray 3; A. Ill, 11, i, 

 third spine 43^^, first ray 33^^; caudal 13^, concave behind; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 1%; ventral 23^. 



Back drab, upper edge of head, predorsal and basal region of 

 dorsals dusky. From snout tip to eye and back above pectoral, 

 then to bases of upper median caudal rays, dusky black band, ill- 

 defined above, better defined below with bordering blackish line to 

 pectoral origin. Iris slaty. Muzzle more or less grayish below. 

 Dorsals neutral dusky basally, paler on soft dorsal behind and 

 marginally whitish whole extent. Anal white. Caudal whitish, 

 ends of upper and lower points pale dusky. Paired fins whitish and 

 narrow blackish triangle at pectoral origin. 



India, East Indies, Micronesia, Polynesia. 



19646 [1932]. Bulan Island, Samales Group. September 13, 1909. Length, 

 88 mm. Upper surface from lower level of eye olive, becoming distinctly 

 blackish on middle of head and side and in median dorsal line; scales of side 

 with purplish center, remaining portion paler; general color, below dark upper 

 surface, pale green, somewhat gray; narrow brown line through lower eye 

 just above black one; broad green stripe under eye across cheek and opercle; 



