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ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES 



a\ Scales without median dark blotch flagellifera. 



a'. Each scale with median dark blotch, producing variegated appearance. 



guttata. 



DUYMAERIA FLAGELLIFERA (Valenciennes) 



Ctenolabrus flagellifera Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 13, 1839. 

 p. 240. No locality. — Schlegel, Faun. Jap., Poiss., pts. 7-10, 1845, p. 

 166, pi. 86, fig. 2 (Nagasaki). 



Duymaeria flagellifera GtJNTHEK, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 121 

 (copied); Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, 1880, p. 53 (Zamboanga). — 

 IsHiKAWA and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 29 

 (Japan). — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, 1902, 

 p. 623 (Tokyo, Misaki, Wakanoura, Kobe, Nagasaki, Formosa). — 

 Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1903, p. 354 

 (Keerun, Formosa). — Smith and Pope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 

 1906, p. 480 (Kagoshima). — Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 

 1912, p. 420 (Tokyo and Nagasaki). — Seale, Philip. Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 

 1914, p. 69 (Hongkong). 



Dygmaeria flagellifera Franz, Abhandl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. 

 vol. 1, 1910, p. 52 (Yokohama). 



Ctenolabrus aurigarius Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Fish., 1844, p. 90, pi. 45, 

 figs. 1-2. Canton (male). 



Duymaeria aurigaria GiJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 121 

 (China). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, vol. 2, 1865, p. 249 (Hongkong). — 

 Karoli, Termesez. Flizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 174 (Canton and 

 Nagasaki). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 550 (Luzon, Cavite, 

 Santa Cruz). 



Ctenolabrus rubellio Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Fish., 1844, p. 93, pi. 45, 

 fig. 3. Canton (young male). 



Crenilabrus spilogaster Bleeker, Nat. Tljds. Ned. Indie, vol. 6, 1854, 

 p. 416. Nagasaki; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Nalez. Jap.), vol. 26, 

 1862, p. 113, pi. 8, fig. 2 (Nagasaki; female). 



Duymaeria spilogaster Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 122 

 (copied). — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 397 (Yoko- 

 hama). — KXroli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 174 (Yoko- 

 hama). — Ishikawa and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, 

 p. 29 (Japan). 



Duymaeria japonica Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N6erl. (Amboyna), vol. 1, 

 1856, p. 53. Nagasaki; (on Schlegel; male). 



Duymaeria amboinensis Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerl. (Amboyna), 

 vol. 1, 1856, p. 54. Amboiua; Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 

 78, pi. 23, fig. 7 (Amboina). 



Duymaeria caeruleomaculata GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, 

 p. 122. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. 



Depth 2}i to 2%; head 2% to 2^, width 2i^ to 2%. Snout 

 3 to 3^; eye 4 to 5}i, Iro to Iji in snout, 1 to 13^ in interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches pupil, length 2% to 33^ in head; interorbital 

 434 to 5, level; hind preopercle edge finely denticulate, serrae about 

 20. Gill rakers 4 + 7, very short, lanceloate. 



Scales in lateral line 17 or 18, 5 or 6 + 2 or 3; 2 scales above lateral 

 line, 6 below, 4 predorsal. Scales with 16 to 27 basal radiating 

 striae, apical 14 to 28. radiating from small median circle in male; 

 circuli verv fine. 



