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Thalassoma lunare Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 12, 



1904, p. 537, pi. 23 lower fig. (Padang, Sumatra). — Jordan and Seale, 



Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 30 (Cavite).— Seale, PhiUppine 



Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 1914, p. 69 (Hong Kong). 

 Thalassoma lunaris Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 



1906 (1907), p. 94 (Bacon). 

 Scarus gallus Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. x, 26. Lohaja, Red 



Sea. 

 Labrus zeylanicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn6, 1789, p. 1287. Ceylon. 

 Trichopus arabicus Shaw, Gen. ZooL, vol. 4, 1803, p. 390. Arabian Seas. 

 Julis maculata Lesson, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 4, 1828, p. 402. 



Oualan. 

 Julis porphyrocephala Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 2, 



1832, p. 183. Ceylon. 

 Julis hardvickii Gray, 111. Ind. ZooL, vol. 1, 1832, pi. 9, fig. 1. India. 

 Julis meniscus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss, vol. 13, 1837, p. 415. 



East Indies, Seychelles, China Sea, Macao. 

 Julis mertensii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1837, p. 421. 



Ulea. 

 Julis (Julis) celebicus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 9, 1855, p. 



313. Manado, Celebes. 

 Julis truncahis Cartier, Verh. Med. Phys. Ges. Wiirzburg, 1873, p. 105. 



Cebu. — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 556 (Cebu). 



Depth 31^ to 3K; head 3 to 33^, width 23^ to 23^. Snout 314 

 to 33^; eye 4 34 to 6^, 13^ to 2 in snout, 1 to 1^ in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches ^ to % to snout, 43^^ to 4% in head; interorbital 

 4 to 43^, convex. Gill rakers 7 + 13, lanceolate, short. 



Scales in lateral line 22, 3 + 2; 3 scales above lateral line, 9 below, 

 6 predorsal. Scales with 35 to 47 basal radiating striae, apical 37 to 

 41; circuli fine. 



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

 A. Ill, 11, I, third spine 3^ to 43-^, first ray 2^ to 3; caudal 1 3^ to 

 23^ in combined head and body, deeply lunate, long pointed lobes 

 exserted greater than length of median rays; in young, caudal 

 slightly convex behind, 134 in head; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 1% to 2; pectoral l}4 to 12^; ventral 1% to 23^. 



Body variously brownish generally. Each scale on trunk and tail, 

 except breast and belly, with vertical brown line. Head slaty, with 

 various longitudinal arched dark gray lines. Chin brownish, with 

 two slaty lines crossing transversely. Along breast and side of belly 

 two slaty longitudinal bands, fading out before anal fin. Dorsals 

 and anals with greater median and basal portions slaty, edges broadly 

 pale buff. Caudal pale brownish or buff, with upper and lower rays 

 forming exserted points medianly slaty, fading pale in points. Pec- 

 toral dull bufT, rays of upper half slaty, though upper margin buff all 

 around; small slaty spot at origin of fin. Ventral pale buff. 



Red Sea, East Africa, and Natal to the East Indies, China, Riu 

 Eau, Japan, Polynesia. 



