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Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1S71, p. 541 (Koseir, Red Sea).— 

 GiJNTHER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 7 (15), 1881, p. 254, pi. 136, 

 fig. C (East Africa, East Indies, Pelew Islands, Solomons, Fiji, Society- 

 Islands, Hawaii, New Hebrides, Ponap^). — KAroli, Termesz. Fiizetek, 

 Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 174 (Singapore). — Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat, 

 Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 36 (Sangi). — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), p. 283, fig. 121 (Honolulu, 

 Hilo).— Steindachxeu, Abhandl. Senckenberg. Gesell., vol. 25, 1910, 

 p. 442 (Teruate). — Weber, Abhandl. Senckenberg. Gesell., vol. 39 (1), 

 1911, p. 7 (Kei Islands). — McCulloch, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 36, 1912, p. 423 (Murray Island, Queensland). — Weber, 

 Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 369 (Siau, Beo, Binongka, Nusa Laut, 

 Elat, Roma, Timor, Rotti). 



Julis (Halichoeres) bandanensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 2, 

 1851, p. 254. Neira, Banda. 



StethojuUs bandanensis Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, 

 p. 787 (Negros); Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 297, pi. 45, 

 fig. 2 (Apia and Pago Pago, Samoa); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, 

 1906 (1907), p. 30 (Cavite). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 266 (Cuyo and Cagayancillo) . 



StethojuUs fulvovenfris Seale, Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 1, No. 3, 1900, 

 p. 92. Agana, Guam. 



Depth 24^ to S}4; head 2j4 to 3, width 2^ to 2}^. Snout 2^ 

 to 3to; eye 4% to 5}^, !}{ to 1% in snout, 1 to 1% in interorbital; 

 maxillary 3^ to ^ in snout, 1 to 1% in head; interorbital 3% to 43^, 

 convex. Gill rakers 8 + 17, short, cuneate points. 



Scales in lateral line 18 to 21, 4 + 1 or 2; 3 scales above lateral line, 

 8 or 9 below, 7 or 8 predorsal. Scales with 13 to 15 basal radiating 

 striae, apical 13 to 15; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, II, I, ninth spine 3 K to 3% in head, first ray 2i^ to 2^; 

 A. II, 11, I, second spine 4 to 4i'5, first ray 2J/8 to 3V^; caudal 1}^ 

 to 1%, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^ to 2}i', 

 pectoral IM to 1%; ventral 2 to 23^. 



Bro^vn generally, occiput and back finally dotted gray. Brown 

 band, little darker than body color, from side of snout to eye then 

 back across head and dividing pale or whitish of under surface from 

 pectoral axil. One, sometimes 2 or 3 small black inconspicuous 

 ocelU at median axis of caudal basally, last largest. Each scale on 

 abdomen and belly whitish on terminal half of exposure. Iris brown. 

 Fins all pale brown. Pectoral with deep dusky brown base. Just 

 above pectoral origin a conspicuous white spot. 



East Africa, Madagascar, East Indies, Queensland, Melanesia, 

 Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. 



22498. Bolinao, Eastern Luzon. May 9, 1909. Length, 79 mm. 



20099 and 20102. Cagayan, Sulu Island. January 8,. 1909. Length, 70 to 74 

 mm. [1066.] Ground color on top of head purplish, becoming olive on back, 

 everywhere peppered with minute white or gray specks, these smallest in inter- 

 orbital region and larger on back; lower half of head and body becoming white 

 with more or less smoky bluish at bases of scales; bright lemon yellow bar 



