FISHES OF THE PHHilPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 313 



51124 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 243 mm. 



1 example. 

 52228 U.S.N.M. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 183 mm. 1 example. 

 52778 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 265 mm. 



1 example. 



55362 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 160 to 170 mm. 



2 examples. 



65885 U.S.N.M. Kambara, Fiji. Albatross collection. Length, 230 mm. 



1 example. 

 72281 and 72282 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 



251 mm. 1 example. 

 28196 to 28198 A.N.S.F. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Commission. Length, 



193 to 212 mm. 

 9330 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. Dr. J. K. Townsend. Length, 197 mm. 

 17203 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. Thomas Nuttall. Length, 230 mm. 



Genus HOLOGYMNOSUS Lacepede 



Hologymnosus LacepJjde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 556. Type 



Hologymnosus fasciatus Lacepede, monotypic. 

 Hologymnos DumJjril, Zool. Analyt., 1806, p. 337 (126). Atypic. Type 



Hologymnosus fasciatus LacjSpede. 



Body elongate, well compressed. Head pointed, well compressed. 

 Lips fleshy. Front canines 4 in each jaw; no hind canine. Scales 

 very small, 90 to 120 in the lateral line. Lateral line complete. 

 Dorsal with 9 spines and 12 rays. Anal with 3 spines and 12 rays. 

 Caudal angles not extended. 



Indo-Pacific. Probably a single species, widely distributed. 

 Among all labroids this is well distinguished by the very small scales 

 which average 100 or over. 



HOLOGYMNOSUS SEMIDISCUS (Lacep«de) 



Labrus semidiscus (Commerson) LAc:BP:fcDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, 

 pp. 429, 473, pi. 6, fig. 2. Great Gulf of India. 



Labrus doliatus (Commerson) Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, 

 pp. 429, 473, pi. 6, fig. 3. Great Gulf of India. 



Julis doliatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 504 

 (Mauritius). 



Coris {Hologymnus) doliata Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, 

 p. 462, pi. 49, fig. 5 (on Valenciennes, examples of Julis annulatus and 

 Julis doliatus). 



Labrus annulatus Lac^ipJide, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pp. 455, 526, 

 pi. 28, fig. 3. The Great Equatorial Ocean (Indo-Pacific). — Shaw and 

 NoDDER, Nat. Miscellany, vol. 24, 1912, pi. 1038 (Indian Seas). 



Julis annulatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839, p. 501, 

 pi. 388 (East Indies, Mauritius, Seychelles). 



Coris annulata GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 202 (Mau- 

 ritius, Seychelles); Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 100 (Zanzibar); Journ. 

 Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 280, pi. 146, fig. A (East Africa, 

 Pelew Islands, Gilbert Islands, Society Islands). — Gilchrist and Thomp- 

 son, Ann. S. African Mus., vol. 6, 1908-11, p. 258 (Durban, Natal). 



Hologymnosus fasciatus Lac^pJide, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pp. 556, 

 557, pi. 1, fig. 3. Great Equatorial Ocean. — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 N^erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 96, pi. 20, figs. 1-2 (Celebes and Amboina). 

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