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HALICHOERES BINOTOPSIS (Bleekcr) 



Jtdis (Halichoeres) binotopsis Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Bali), vol. 



22, 1849, p. 7. Boleling, North Bali. 

 Halichoeres binotopsis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 120, 

 pi. 40, fig. 1 (Java, Bawean, Bali, Timor, Ternate, Amboina, Goram). — 

 Jordan and Seale, Bull Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 29 (Cavite). 

 Platyglossus binotopsis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 

 153 (East Indies).— Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, 

 p. 36 (Cebu and Manado). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 553 

 (Cebu). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 16, 1913, p. 131 

 (Saonek). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 372 (Nusa Laut). 

 Choerojulis binotopsis Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 397 

 (Amboina) . 

 Depth 43^^ in total; head, 4. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 11 ; caudal rounded; 

 scales in lateral line, 25. 



Back reticulated with blackish violet and brownish, and with 4 

 or 5 darker cross bands. Head with undulated reddish violet streaks. 

 At caudal base above black red-edged spot. Dorsal with numerous 

 red ocelli and two black red-edged spots, first between first and 

 second spines and second between first and third rays. Anal with 

 yellow ocelli. Caudal orange color. Violet streak across pectoral 

 base. (Gunther.) 



Known only from the East Indies. Very close to Ealichoeres 

 leparensis, from which it differs only in color pattern. In that 

 species there are several dark streaks from behind the eye and the 

 pectoral base is without a dark streak across. Reported from the 

 Philippines by Meyer, Elera, Jordan, and Seale. Bleeker gives the 

 dimensions 39 to 87 mm. 



HALICHOERES HYRTLII (Bleeker) 



JuKs (Halichoeres) hyrflii Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerl. (Manado), 



vol. 1, 1856, p. 60. Macassar. 

 Halichoeres hyrtlii Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 120, 



pi. 39, fig. 2 (Java, Singapore, Nias, Banka, Celebes, Sangi). — Jordan 



and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher, vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 29 (Manila). 

 Platyglossus hyrtelii Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 149 



(Pinang). — Regan, Journ. Bombay Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, pt. 2, 1906, 



p. 330 (Persian Gulf). 

 Platyglossus hyrtlii Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 270 



(Singapore).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 398, pi. 88, fig. 1, 



(Malay Archipelago); Fauna British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 405. 

 Platyglossus hyrtli Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 16, 1913, 



p. 131 (Waigiu). 

 Julis mola (part) Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 18 (2), 1849 (1850), 



p. 1220. Pinang. 

 Julis spilurus (Van Hasselt) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N4erl., vol. 1, 



1862, p. 122 (name in synonymy). 

 Platyglossus bifasciatus Steindachner, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wicn, vol. 16, 



1866, p. 477, pi. 5, fig. 2. Hong Kong. 

 Platyglossus pseudogramma Cartier, Verh. Ges. Wiirzburg, vol. 5, 1874, 



p. 103. Ubav, Bohol.— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 552 



(Ubay). 



