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19226 U.S.N.M. Fanning Islands. Dr. T. H. Streets. Length, 124 to 143 



mm. 3 examples. 

 52210 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 140 mm. 1 



example. 

 71707 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 140 mm. 1 



example. 



THALASSOMA HARDWICKE (Bennett) 



Sparus hardivicke Bennett, Select. Fish. Ceylon, 1828-30, pi. 12. Ceylon. 



Julis dorsalis Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe Zool., 1834, p. 713, pi. 15, 

 fig. 5. Mauritius. — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 449 

 (type). — Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 263 (Mozambique). — Bleeker, 

 Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 94, pi. 34, fig. 4 (Java, Bawean, 

 Sumatra, Batu, Nias, Celebes, Sangi, Flores, Amboina, Banda, Goram, 

 Letti, New Guinea).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 190 

 (Mozambique, Ceylon, Moluccas, Phillipines, China, Hong Kong, Anei- 

 teum, Fiji); Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 98 (Zanzibar). — Martens, 

 Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 397 (Amboina R.). — Day, Fishes of India, 

 pt. 3, 1877, p. 403, pi. 85, fig. 7 (Moluccas). — Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. 

 Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 37 (North Celebes, Sangi, New Guinea); 

 Faun. British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 412, fig. 141. — Vincigtjerra, Giorn. 

 Romano Scienz. Biol., ser. 2, vol. 19, 1890, p. 486 (Zanzibar). — Elera, 

 Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 556 (Luzon, Manila, Navotas, Cavite, 

 Santa Cruz, Samar, Villareal). — Ishikawa and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. 

 Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 28 (Japan). — Steindachner, Abhandl. 

 Senckenberg. Gesell., vol. 25, 1900, p. 442 (Ternate and Batjan). — Gun- 

 ther, Journ. Mus. Godeff"roy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 295 (East Africa, 

 Society Islands, Samoa). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 16, 

 1913, p. 130 (Saonek, Waigiu).— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, 

 p. 380 (Menado, Beo, Sahbabu, Binongka, Kur). — Regan, Ann. Durban 

 Mus., vol. 1, 1914-17, p. 459 (Durban, Natal). 



Thalassoma dorsale Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, 1902, 

 p. 648 (Riukiu).— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906(1907), 

 p. 31 (Manila). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 

 1907 (1908), p. 267 (Cagayancillo).— Franz, Abhandl. K. Bayer Akad. 

 Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. vol. 1, 1910, p. 53 (Sagami Bay). — McCulloch, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 36, 1912, p. 347 (Murray Island, 

 Queensland).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 508 

 (Okinawa). 



Julis semifasciatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 448. 

 Mauritius. 



Julis prostigma (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 13, 1839, p. 450. Java. (Name in text.) 



Labrus pulcherrimus (Forster) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 

 1839, p. 450. Tahiti. (Name in text.) 



Julis (Julis) urostigma Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 287. 

 Cauer, Sumatra. 



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

 1904, p. 537, pi. 20, middle figure. Padang, Sumatra. 



Depth 3}4 to 31^; head 2'U to 3, width 2%. Snout 2}^ to 2%; 

 eye 53^ to 6^, 23^ to 3^ in snout, 13^ to 1^ in interorbital; maxil- 

 lary 3% to 4 in head, reaches ^ to % to eye; 2 canines in front of 

 each jaw; interorbital 4 to 43^. Gill rakers 5 + 16, short, robust. 



