FISHES OF THE PHn:,n>PINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 329 



THALASSOMA DUPERREY (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Julis duperrey Qtjot and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 1824, p. 268, pi. 56, 



fig 2. Hawaiian Islands. 

 Julis dwperrei Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 421 (Ha- 

 waiian Islands). 

 Julis duperreyi Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 291, 



pi. 148, figs. b~c (Hawaiian Islands). 

 Thalassoma duperrey Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 



23, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), p. 302, pi. 35, and fig. 130 (Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua, 



Laysan, between Maui and Molokai, Puako Bay). 

 Julis depsydralis Smith and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, 1882, 



p. 136. Johnston Island. 

 Thalassoma pyrrhovinctum Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19, 1899 



(1900), p. 51, fig. 7. Honolulu. 



Depth 3H to 3M; head 3>^ to 33^, width 2^^ to 23^. Snout 

 214, to 3; eye 5 to b%, 1% to 2}/i in snout, \}4 to 1% in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches % to ^ to eye, 3 3^ to 4% in head; interorbital 3^ 

 to 3J^, convex. Gill rakers 6 + 13, short, lanceolate. 



Scales in lateral line 19 to 21, 4 + 2; 4 scales above lateral line, 9 

 below, 8 predorsal. Scales with 55 to 59 basal radiating striae, 

 apical 31 to 34; circuli very fine. 



D. VIII, 13, I, eighth spine 2j/g to 3K in head, first ray 2% to 2%; 

 A. Ill, 11,1, third spine 4 to 43^, first ray 2% to 23^; caudal deeply 

 emarginate, tips of upper and lower rays exserted, as expanded hind 

 edge convex behind, 2% to 33^ in combined head and body; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2 to 2 3/8 J pectoral 13^ to l}/i) ventral IJ^ 

 to 2. 



Head neutral bluish or blackish. Broad whitish or gray white 

 band around trunk, including predorsal and front of spinous dorsal. 

 Rest of body olivaceous or brownish dusky. Pectoral whitish, with 

 oblique blackish band from tip to bases of lower rays. Young with 

 median blackish band. 



Hawaiian region. Not previously reported from the Philippines. 



19420. Sorsogon market. March 12, 1909. Length, 186 mm. 



9415, 9419, 9421 and 9422. Midway Islands, reefs. November 7-8, 1907. 



Length, 135 to 175 mm. 

 26826 U.S.N.M. Johnston Island. Bureau of Fisheries. Type of Julis 



depsydralis. 

 51130 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Comm. Length, 160 mm. 



1 example. 

 51149 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Comm. Length, 162 mm. 



1 example. 

 55037 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Albatross collection. Length, 175 to 180 



mm. 2 examples. 

 55351, 55353 to 55356 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. U. S. Fish Comm. Length, 28 



to 178 mm. 65 examples. 

 55218 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length, 37 mm. 

 55368 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length 117 to 175 mm. 3 



examples. 



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