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Julis blochii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 422 (on 



Bloch). 

 Julis aneitense Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 183. Anei- 



teum, Cato Island, Northeast Australia, Norfolk Island; Cruise of Curacoa 



Brenchley, 1873, p. 410 (Solomons). — Steindachner, Sitzs. Akad. Wiss- 



Wien, vol. 102 (1), 1893, p. 237 (Yokohama).— Gunther, Journ. 



Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 209 (Ponape, Samoa, Solomons, 



Aneiteum) . 

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



23, pt. 1, 1903 (1905) p. 304, pi. 41 (Honolulu). 

 Thalassoma lunaris (not Linnaeus) Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. 



Fish. Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), p. 303 (Honolulu). 

 Thalassoma neanis (Jordan and Evermann) Jordan and Snyder, Bull. 



Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 14, pi. 12, fig. 2. Honolulu. 



Depth 3%; head 3, width 2%. Snout 3; eye 5K; maxillary 

 reaches ^5 to eye, 4J^ in head; interorbital 4l}4, slightly convex. 

 Gill rakers 9+ 16, lanceolate, short. 



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

 7 predorsal; patch of 7 scales on opercle above. Scales with 34 to 

 38 basal radiating striae, apical 29 to 31; circuli very fine. 



D. VIII, 12, I, eighth spine 4 in head, first ray 2J4; A. II, 11, i, 

 second spine 4}/^, first ray 33^; caudal 13^5, concave, ends pointed; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2}^; pectoral 13^; ventral 23^. 



Brown generally. Head with 5 longitudinal brown bands, lower 

 3 more or less arched. Iris pale yellowish. Dorsals pale gray, with 

 median longitudinal deeper gray band, blackish on second membrane 

 of spinous fin. Anals whitish, with gray basal band. Caudal pale, 

 upper and lower lobes grajash. Paired fins pale, with slight neutral 

 gray spot at axil of pectoral and same fin with broad black terminal 

 blotch, but this parallel with lower terminal edge of fin. 



Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Hawaii. Not 

 previously reported from the Philippines. 



8350. Port San Pio Quinto, Camiguin Island. November 11, 1908. Length, 135 



mm. 

 19229 U.S.N.M. Fanning Islands. Dr. T. H. Streets. Length, 17 to 210 mm. 



5 examples. 

 51652 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. E. T. Berndt. Length, 142 mm. 1 example 



(poor) . 

 57785 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Type of Thalassoma neanis. 

 6502 U.S.N.M. Ousima, Japan, W. Stimpson. Length, 128 to 165 mm. 



2 examples. 



71673 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 120 to 218 

 mm. 7 examples. 



71697 U.S.N.M. Nafa. Albatross collection. Length, 164 to 193 mm. 



3 examples. 



71698 U.S.N.M. Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 160 mm. 1 

 example. 



